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Baskerville Drummond is a leading independent legal IT consultancy who specialise in advising Law firms and Legal Technology solution providers.

We provide a full “end to end” service from Strategic Reviews, System & Vendor Selection to Implementation and Strategy Execution. Our unique approach enables us to fully support our clients through the whole strategic or project process and ensures we are fully accountable for the results.

We also are retained advisors for many of our clients and provide ad-hoc advisory support as well as long-term IT strategic advice and overseeing execution.

Our depth of IT knowledge and law firm experience along with our strong commitment to deliver the highest level of client service every time continues to result in strong advocacy amongst our clients.

We invite you to read our client testimonials and case studies to learn more about our experience and how we have supported our clients to achieve their goals and undertaken projects including:

  1. Strategic Reviews & Strategy creation
  2. System Selection (Practice Management, Case Management, Document Management, HR Solution)
  3. Vendor Selection & Management
  4. System Implementation – Consultative Project Management
  5. Complex Issue Resolution
  6. Mergers & De-Mergers
  7. Strategy Execution

 

Our Services

Advisory

We act as long-term trusted advisors to many Law Firms and are often the go-to people when a Law Firm has a technology challenge which is outside “Business as Usual”. We operate as advisors to management boards, directors, project steering groups as well as the firm’s IT Team.

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Our Team

David Baskerville

David started his career as a developer and then technical consultant at Logical Networks before joining Thompsons Solicitors where he was the Software Applications manager. David then moved on to Tollers Solicitors to become the Head of IT and then Director of Operations and IT.

In 2011 David left Tollers to form Baskerville Drummond and has specialised assisting Law Firms with IT strategy and projects.

Kevin Goosman

Kevin has worked in IT for over 27 years. Much of this experience has been with law firms and other professional services organisations including over 5 years as Head of IT at a top 50 law firm. Other experience has been based in the private sector (oil industry and music and video distribution) and the public / third sector (crime prevention charity and Coventry University). This gives Kevin a perspective across many industries and sectors allowing him to understand and support not only the organisations for which he works but importantly their own clients as well.

Paul Hoffbrand

Paul has been involved with law firms since 1994 and is known for maintaining strong and trusted relationships with firms of all sizes including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Farrer & Co and most recently with Marriott Harrison.

Thereza Snyman

After a career as a practising lawyer specialising in Corporate and Commercial law, both in South Africa (where she was a partner of Webber Wenzel) and in the UK, Thereza’s interest in IT and the potential impact on the delivery of legal services led to a career-change and to becoming a technologist.

She now has almost 19 years’ experience in Legal IT. Starting off at the sharp end of service delivery and systems and network management in the early part of her IT career, over the last 12 years she has progressed from IT Manager to Head of IT and then IT Director with top 100 London firms.

Recent News

Keeping the lights on but enhancing the offering – Getting the balance right

by Thereza Snyman

Our colleague Kevin Goosman’s article on Law Firm IT spend https://baskervilledrummond.com/law-firm-it-spend-getting-it-right/ was most timely, with a new budgeting cycle approaching. Getting the most out of your budget and controlling costs is fundamental, but given increasing pressure from your clients –…

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Testimonials

“Kevin Goosman provided sensible and pragmatic advice and support for our IT function at a critical time for the firm as they moved to a new HQ – we greatly valued his contribution”

Des Mannion, CEO Wilkin Chapman LLP

Des Mannion, CEO Wilkin Chapman LLP

“David brought a cohesion to a project with many complexities. His calm manner meant that decisions were taken in a controlled and decisive fashion and he explained why (and why not!) things needed to happen (or should not happen) in a particular way and clearly, to non-technical lawyers. His involvement took away the day to day worries of what is an integral component of any transaction. In short David turned a major area of concern for the MAB project team into a cohesive understanding for all parties.

To be able to work on MAB LLP business until 2pm on Friday and then return to your desk on Monday and to then be able to logon to your new firm’s systems and start work is a testament to all the people involved but this could not have been done without David’s expertise.

To do this for one firm would have been good but to do it for three plus the staff remaining to administer the closure of MAB LLP is very impressive”

Richard Phillips, Partner, VWV (formally Partner responsible for IT a MAB LLP)

Richard Phillips, Partner, VWV (formally Partner responsible for IT a MAB LLP)

“David has been able to provide a detailed analysis of our requirements for a new PMS and take us through the selection process. He was able to offer practical ideas, industry incite and also a knowledge of what the Firm’s requirements were.

Pleased to have worked with David and would be pleased to work with him again.”

Andrew Thomson, CEO, Hunt & Coombs LLP

 

Andrew Thomson, CEO, Hunt & Coombs LLP

“A DMS swap-out project is always going to be tough. Getting a project partner who has the right work ethic, technical expertise and management experience to complement the internal team’s ‘can do’ attitude was going to be essential.

David and his team (Paul and Kevin) worked extremely hard alongside the WS Team to meet the expected business delivery outcomes. David has the technical creativity, calmness and fresh thinking needed in situations when things don’t always go as planned.

We have rarely used consultants for this sort of project in the past so I am pleased to have worked with BDC and value their contribution to the project’s success.”

Christel Aguila, Head of IT and Partner, Winckworth Sherwood

Christel Aguila, Head of IT and Partner, Winckworth Sherwood