by Martin Batt | 1 Apr 2026 | Articles, Martin Batt, Smarter Excel for Legal Professionals, Training
Modern Excel for Professional Services: 5 Functions Changing How We Work Excel underpins daily operations in legal firms. It supports billing analysis, WIP reviews, forecasting and partner reporting. Yet many teams still rely on legacy formulas and manual fixes that...
by Martin Batt | 17 Mar 2026 | Articles, Martin Batt, Smarter Excel for Legal Professionals, Training
Modern Excel for Professional Services: 5 Functions Changing How We Work Excel underpins daily operations in legal firms. It supports billing analysis, WIP reviews, forecasting and partner reporting. Yet many teams still rely on legacy formulas and manual fixes that...
by Martin Batt | 2 Mar 2026 | Articles, Martin Batt, Smarter Excel for Legal Professionals, Training
Modern Excel for Professional Services: 5 Functions Changing How We Work Excel underpins daily operations in legal firms. It supports billing analysis, WIP reviews, forecasting and partner reporting. Yet many teams still rely on legacy formulas and manual fixes that...
by Martin Batt | 24 Feb 2026 | Articles, Martin Batt, Smarter Excel for Legal Professionals, Training
Modern Excel for Professional Services: 5 Functions Changing How We Work Excel underpins daily operations in legal firms. It supports billing analysis, WIP reviews, forecasting and partner reporting. Yet many teams still rely on legacy formulas and manual fixes that...
by David Baskerville | 4 Feb 2026 | Articles, David Baskerville, Review
Baskerville Drummond is pleased to announce the appointment of Martin Batt as a Legal Technology Training Consultant. Martin joins Baskerville Drummond with extensive experience supporting law firms through the implementation, optimisation, and adoption of legal...
by Beccy Scobell | 13 Jan 2026 | Articles, Beccy Scobell, Training
If you work in a law firm, chances are your day involves juggling documents, emails, practice management systems, PDFs, and browser tabs – often all at once. Most people will do this by using the mouse, a lot of clicks, and occasional cry for help when something...
by David Baskerville | 10 Dec 2025 | Articles, David Baskerville
For most law firms, the biggest communication challenge isn’t a lack of technology—it’s the balance between ease of use and security. Email remains the default channel because it’s familiar to clients of all ages (the so-called “silver surfers” are far more tech-savvy...
by Matthew Riches | 3 Dec 2025 | Articles, Matthew Riches
We are pleased to share that Baskerville Drummond has once again achieved Cyber Essentials Plus certification for 2025. This milestone reflects our ongoing commitment to maintaining robust, independently verified cyber security standards for the benefit of our...
by Baskerville Drummond | 6 Nov 2025 | Review Testimonials, Select Testimonials, Testimonial Quotes
“David Baskerville led a transformative overhaul of our IT systems — streamlining infrastructure, reducing costs, and revitalising the internal team. With clear communication, strategic insight, and a collaborative approach turned technology from a source of...
by Cathy Kirby | 4 Nov 2025 | Articles, Cathy Kirby, Support
This article is the first in a three-part series exploring the IT and data implications that arise from M&A and investment activities in the legal market, The series aims to offer practical guidance for firms preparing to be acquired, those looking to acquire and...
by Matthew Riches | 2 Sep 2025 | Articles, Matthew Riches
A Cyber Attack in January caused wide-spread IT disruption at the British Museum, including gallery and temporary exhibition closures, as well as an inability to deal with ticketing transactions. This was met, by me at least, with a weary sigh as it seemed like yet...
by Baskerville Drummond | 14 Jun 2025 | Articles, Review
In the increasingly competitive and tech-driven legal industry, law firms that develop a formal IT strategy are better placed to serve clients efficiently, reduce risk, and align technology investments with business goals. Yet many firms still rely on ad hoc IT...
by Baskerville Drummond | 20 May 2025 | Review Testimonials, Testimonial Quotes
“Baskerville Drummond are able to take complex areas and distil them down into simple terms, identify issues, weaknesses and gaps, and offer options to ensure a positive and sound way forward.” Chambers and...
by Baskerville Drummond | 13 May 2025 | Articles, Cathy Kirby, David Baskerville
We’re delighted to share that David Baskerville and Cathy Kirby will be speaking at Lexpo 2025 — the leading legal innovation event in Europe — held in Amsterdam on 16–17 June 2025. This year’s theme addresses one of the most pressing questions in legal technology:...
by Baskerville Drummond | 2 May 2025 | Articles, Implement
Spam email significantly contributes to global internet traffic. Estimates vary, but recent industry reports suggest that between 45% and 55% of all email traffic is classified as spam, equating to between 10% and 15% of global internet traffic. This is a significant...
by Baskerville Drummond | 29 Apr 2025 | Review Testimonials, Testimonial Quotes
“After an initial meeting with Baskerville Drummond, David gave us clear and sound advice and gave us recommendations for our document management system which enabled us to choose the correct solution for us.” Levison Meltzer...
by Baskerville Drummond | 22 Apr 2025 | Articles, Implement
In today’s digital world, having a well-defined IT strategy is essential for technology leaders to demonstrate to the business how they are looking to move beyond short-term operational tasks and embrace long-term strategic planning. If your business doesn’t have an...
by Baskerville Drummond | 16 Apr 2025 | Review Testimonials, Testimonial Quotes
“David Baskerville provided navigation and expertise with support and patience.” Churchers Solicitors...
by Baskerville Drummond | 8 Apr 2025 | Testimonial Quote Support, Testimonial Quote Training, Testimonial Quotes
“Beccy provided BCL with focused and carefully thought through training on our key platforms. We are delighted with the service we received, particularly the session recordings that will be used for those BCL people unable to attend the original training and new...
by Baskerville Drummond | 23 Mar 2025 | Testimonial Quote Support, Testimonial Quote Training, Testimonial Quotes
“Cathy Kirby is a human unicorn. She and her team at Baskerville Drummond can take the most cutting edge technology available but explain it in human terms. They might be the experts in legal software but they match this with empathy coupled with commercial...
