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I recommend and will continue to recommend, Millennium Accounts to my clients. The software is reliable and always performs well. The constant developments and updating ensures that my client's needs are always met. The price makes the package very accessible to all and the support I, and all my staff, receive is first class.

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New "How To" Helpsheets for Solicitor Case Manager

Please see the Case Manager Resources page Documents section for some new helpsheets added explaining "How To..." deal with a variety of common problems our Helpdesk gets asked about Solicitor Case Manager.

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Software Releases

Please scroll down for Product Version Information, Release Notes & Downloads.

We have provided some documents in PDF format, indicated by the image, for you to download and view or print on your computer. To view Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files you will need to download Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader, click here to go Adobe's download pages. You will only need to do this once.

Click to go to Adobe web site

Solicitor Case Manager

Latest Version: 5.4.4

Click for full Release Notes PDF Format
Size: 9.3Mb

Download SCM Technical Specification 114k PDF Format
Download PMS/SPS Technical Specification 307k PDF Format

Click here for more Case Manager documentation.

 

09/04/09: Solicitor Case Manager V5.4 Release 4 is now available. The release notes are provided above. Please contact our Helpdesk to make arrangements to upgrade your version.

11/02/09: A new version of the Precedent Customisation guide to coincide with SCM V5.4 is now available from the Case Manager Resources page. Apologies: This document has been reverted to V5.2 of the Precedent Customisation guide while some corrections are made.


Millennium Accounts

Latest Version: 5.75.1

Click for summary Release Notes PDF Format

Click here for Legal Aid release details/downloads

Download V5.75.1 (ADO for MS SQL Server)
(large ZIP file 81Mb)

 

Download V5.75.0 (DAO for MS Access)
(large ZIP file 81Mb)

 

Download Millennium Accounts Technical Specification PDF Format

Millennium Accounts Installation / Upgrade Instructions 1.3Mb

Download Millennium Solo Technical Specification PDF Format


Weblink

Latest Version: 1.7.9

If you are on an older version of Weblink, please contact us to arrange an update (we need to set this up on the Weblink Server). This may require updating your release of Solicitor Case Manager also.

Download Technical Specification PDF Format

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Legal Aid Updates

Here you will find the latest information regarding legal aid updates made to our Millennium Accounts software to comply with changes required by the Legal Services Commission.


LSC Online - Electronic Submissions

The following information has been supplied by the LSC and is accurate at the time of inclusion. Please refer to the LSC website for the most up to date information.

Transitional Arrangements:

These will follow the same approach that has been used in previous updates to LSC Online where the changes are implemented on a single switch over date. 

This will be over night on the 31st May 2009, with the new functionality in place on 1st June 2009.

All submissions submitted and APPROVED by LSC Online prior to the switch over date will be accepted using the current arrangements.  After this date (1/6/2009) all outcomes reported will have to adhere to the new reporting and validation arrangements regardless of when the work was started, completed or the submission month it is included in.  This will include work entered into LSC Online but not yet in a status of APPROVED (i.e it is has not yet been accepted by the LSC and therefore can still be updated by the supplier).

Further info can be found at LSC website, click this link for how to use LSC online.

 


LEGAL AID UPDATE
MILLENNIUM ACCOUNTS RELEASE V5.75.0
May 2009

For Millennium Accounts LEGAL AID FIRMS

Overview

The Millennium Accounts release of 5.75.0 primarily contains the latest major Legal Aid changes dealing with LSC submissions from 1st June onwards.

You will probably have received notification of this directly from the LSC (OPSIS are not responsible for supplying this information).

Below is the relevant information from the release notes:-

Legal Aid Enhancements:

Civil Billing - Mental Health Meeting Codes:

A new set of meeting codes, for Mental Health cases, are available which replace the existing LSC codes and must be used for submissions from 01/06/2009 onwards. The new meeting codes begin with MTGA. e.g. “MTGA01 - No meetings attended.” Any bills already posted using the old meeting codes, but not yet submitted, must be amended to use the new meeting codes using the Bill Legal Aid Claim Detail screen prior to bulk load submission or they risk rejection.

Civil Billing - Controlled Legal Representation:

There is additional mandatory data required from all immigration/asylum providers in relation to how many times Controlled Legal Representation was granted in the month, how many times it was refused and how many times CLR was withdrawn.  It is mandatory that all immigration providers supply this data. You can enter this information from the LSC Online Bulk Load screen.

 

Downloads

Firms requiring urgent access to Millennium Accounts V5.75.0 can download the ZIP files containing the software from the following locations. Please click the links below and choose Save As... to save the ZIP file onto your computer. Please contact our Helpdesk if you require further assistance with extracting and installing the software.

Please choose either the DAO version if your system uses the Microsoft Access version of the database, or the ADO version if you use Microsoft SQL Server database (in Millennium go to Help->About, which will show to the right of the version number whether you currently use DAO or ADO):-

These files are quite large and will take several minutes to download depending on your internet connection. Please use right-click on the links and choose Save As... to download and save the file locally onto your computer before you un-Zip the file contents.

The ZIP file contains a CDROM image which can either be burned to CDROM for installing on your computer(s), or you can run the Setup.exe program after extracting the files from the ZIP.

Millennium Accounts V5.75.1 (ADO for Microsoft SQL Server) (large ZIP file 81Mb)

 

Millennium Accounts V5.75.0 (DAO for Microsoft Access) (large ZIP file 81Mb)

 

Please refer to the following Install/Upgrade instructions:-

OPSIS Millennium Accounts Install/Upgrade Guide (528Kb PDF Format Adobe PDF format)

To view Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files you will need to download Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader, click here to go Adobe's download pages. You will only need to do this once.

Click to go to Adobe web site

The Millennium Accounts Legal Aid User Guide can be downloaded from the following link, and details the above Legal Aid changes:-

Release Notes / User Guide for Legal Aid changes in Millennium V5.75.0 (1.9Mb PDF Format Adobe PDF format)

To view Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files you will need to download Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader, click here to go Adobe's download pages. You will only need to do this once.

Click to go to Adobe web site

The Support Desk (Tel No: 0844 815 5752) will be available should you encounter any problems or need any further assistance.

We are dedicated to making sure our product keeps pace with the requirements for Legal Aid practitioners, you can help by giving us your views and feedback.

Sincerely
OPSIS Support Team

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Weblink Server

Weblink Online Case Information system is an application service hosted on our Weblink Server.

Click here to learn how your company web site can link to OPSIS Weblink to provide Online Case Information services to your clients.

 

Weblink Server Current Status and Service Announcements

Weblink is an Internet service designed to be available 24hrs a day, 7 days a week. However there will be times when the service is not available due to planned maintenance times (details can be see at the Service Announcements page) or inevitably, there may be problems with the server or internet access. We have a monitoring system in place to check that all is running smoothly, and that notifies OPSIS Support immediately if something does go wrong.

Customers can see the current status at any time by viewing the Weblink Server Status Page.

Weblink Service Levels

For terms and conditions of the Weblink service please refer to the Weblink Application Services License Agreement, and for specifications of the level of availability that we aim to provide see the Support Level Agreement.

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Anti-Virus

Please make sure your main server and all PC's anti-virus software is completely up to date with the latest virus definitions, by checking the Version and latest Date, and then choosing the Update option appropriate to your type of anti-virus software.

Please note that Opsis do not provide support for Anti-Virus software.

For Virus removal tools it is best to use the resources available at your vendors website resources or the Symantec Norton Anti-Virus centre where you will find up to date information, instructions and downloadable virus removal tools.

Go here: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/

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Solicitors Legal Accounting, Time Recording & Case Management Software at http://www.OpsisLtd.com

OPSIS Software & Services is a trading name of OPSIS Practice Management Solutions Ltd, which is part of the IRIS Group.
IRIS and IRIS Software & Services are trade marks.
© OPSIS Practice Management Solutions Ltd 2009. All rights reserved.