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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:

Strategic Reviews & Strategy creation
System Selection (Practice Management, Case Management, Document Management, HR Solution)
Vendor Selection & Management
System Implementation – Consultative Project Management
Complex Issue Resolution
Mergers & De-Mergers
Strategy Execution

Strategic Reviews

We carry out detailed reviews that deliver an independent assessment of your IT needs and options to support your short and long term business goals.

System and Vendor Selection

Whether it’s selection of a new IT solution, negotiating improvements with an existing incumbent solution or undertaking a general supplier review, we have the knowledge and experience to make it a seamless process for you.

Implementation and Stategy Execution

We continually bring our extensive experience to each new project, blending consultancy and project management. We enjoy and take the role of the firm’s project lead and have acted as a trusted advisor to the firm’s Board.

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.

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.

Having gained an extensive knowledge of IT systems used in law firms, Paul now dedicates his time to help the small- to medium-sized firms in all aspects of technology. Paul has successfully implemented NetDocuments at several law firms, in house legal teams and a European government agency, all coming via introductions directly from NetDocuments.

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.

The Value of Unstructured Data

29 Jul 201829 Jul 2018 by Paul Hoffbrand

What is Unstructured Data? Unstructured is defined as “not formally organised in a set or conventional pattern”. At home, most of us save documents to either our Documents folder on the PC or to cloud storage products like Google Drive…

Phone System Obsolescence

19 Jul 201819 Jul 2018 by Kevin Goosman

If you are still using an in-house telephone system based on older technologies, then you need to be aware that BT will be making it obsolete over the next few years. However, the need to upgrade is an opportunity to…

BUSTING THE BUZZWORDS – Ascending into the Cloud

13 Jul 201813 Jul 2018 by Thereza Snyman

As we trot, canter and then hopefully gallop through all the “Cloud” buzzwords, we will try to provide some context for their logical progression, and then the why’s and how’s of their evolution (yes, Darwin’s law applies to technology as…

Women in (Legal) Tech

2 Jul 201810 Jul 2018 by Thereza Snyman

My concern about the scarcity of Women in Tech – particularly in Legal IT – goes back many years. Not only am I an unapologetic feminist of the old school (i.e I love the male of the species, I have…

BUSTING THE BUZZWORDS – a somewhat irreverent take on tech geek-speak

30 Jun 201810 Jul 2018 by Thereza Snyman

Every couple of years and applying Moore’s Law, with increasing frequency one of the giants of the tech industry (or their marketing teams) come up with a sexy sounding buzzword or acronym. Very quickly, the latest buzzword will then burn…

The Daunting Task of Changing Your Practice Management System

14 May 201810 Jul 2018 by Kevin Goosman

Law firms rarely change their PMS, doing so on average about every 15 to 20 years, and rightly so as the cost and effort involved is substantial. Furthermore, a firm can expect such a project to distract from the day-to-day…

“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

“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)

“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 Baskerville is one of the only genuinely independent technology specialists that offer a true end to end advisory consulting service and actually gets things done.

From rigorous supplier selection, through to detailed contract negotiations, successful implementation and ongoing strategic advice, David and his team have delivered every time.”

Paul Khan, CEO, Debenhams Ottaway Solicitors