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ARTICLE · 21 APRIL 2009

Wills, Trust And Probate Software - Providing A Niche For Your Legal Practice

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In this article, Charles Christian looks at the Cognito Custodiens trust and probate system and considers its potential attraction to solicitors practices.

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Matthew Price
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Article by Charles Christian

In this article, award winning technology journalist and industry analyst Charles Christian - who has been named as one of the top 10 'movers and shakers in the legal IT world today' - looks at the Cognito Custodiens trust and probate system and considers its potential attraction to solicitors practices.

At a Law Society annual conference some years ago, the Society's then president warned in his speech that the stark choice facing many law firms was to either get a niche or get out. What continues to dumbfound me is the fact so many firms still ignore this advice and try to be generalists, with the result that other organisations, such as banks, accountants and insurance companies, start squeezing their way into areas of legal practice that were once the sole preserve of solicitors.

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