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Costs lawyer supports charity with software giveaway

20 November 2014
Issue: 7631 / Categories: Legal News
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Costs lawyer and legal software supplier Jim Diamond is giving away his latest legal costs management software in return for recipients making a small contribution to the charity Facing the World which helps children with facial disfigurement in countries around the world. It has been developed around the CPR-Precedent H budget format and includes Precedent H budget, month-by-month budget, actual costs, variance of actual on budget costs, and various graphs and charts. It also has a pro forma budget with cash flow forecasts, based on a hypothetical case.

Issue: 7631 / Categories: Legal News
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