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View Article  Independent help wanted
We've just received a request for help from a smaller UK law firm (based in the Home Counties west of London) who are looking for an independent consultant to help them in a dispute with a PMS supplier. Any suggestions welcomed – you can email us at help@legaltechnology.com

"We are having terrible problems with an upgrade to Citrix version of (name of supplier – we're not identifying the supplier save to say they are listed in the English Law Society's 2008 guide and they are NOT part of the IRIS group) which was intended to cure the problems with had with the previous version.
 
"(Name of supplier) are not recognising the problems and I want to contact an independent assessor to inspect the program and do a report for both sides to identify the source of the issues and suggest a way forward. (Name of supplier) are now threatening to remove our licences (I hear from my staff not from them!) and I am refusing to pay as the performance is so inadequate in my view.
 
"Are you able to suggest anyone?"
View Article  It's Aderant - the Thorpedo has arrived
After the speculation of the past few days, it has now been confirmed that David Thorpe has joined Aderant, where he is taking up the newly created role of General Manager, EMEA. In fact if you are an Aderant user in the UK, you could be meeting him (along with senior V-P for sales & marketing Don Howren) as early as this morning. As a senior executive, Thorpe will be responsible for managing Aderant’s operations throughout the UK and Continental Europe, supporting sales, and interfacing with law firms and other professional services organisations.

Thorpe is one of a number senior appointments/lateral hires that Aderant has made in recent weeks.
View Article  The Thorpedo is on the move again
Pilgrim Systems plc this morning announced that David Thorpe is leaving the company in order to pursue other interests in the legal IT sector.
 
Pilgrim’s Chairman & CEO, Jim Cummings explained “it's been a pleasure working with David over the past two and a half years. Between us we shared a very clear vision of things we wanted to achieve within the term of 2-3 years. We very successfully met our joint objectives and I have pleasure in thanking David for his tremendous input to our Board, and we all wish him the very best in the future”
 
Thorpe commented “Its been great fun working with Jim and his board at Pilgrim, and I now look forward to my next major challenge, having helped take Pilgrim to a very strong market position, which I can see them occupying for many years to come.”

• Thorpe is best known in the UK legal market as the man who put Elite on the map. After leaving Elite, he was with Tikit for a short period before joining Pilgrim. Where next? Current betting is on Chrome River Technologies.