by Kevin Goosman | 1 Nov 2019 | Our Experience, Our Insights, Strategic Review Insights, Strategic Reviews, System and Vendor Selection
A review of the firm’s current Business Information reporting capability and any need for a new solution. Client Challenge Lanyon Bowdler requested a review of their Business Information (BI) reporting. The review covered the following areas: A review of the...
by David Baskerville | 28 Oct 2019 | Our Insights, Our People
Baskerville Drummond Consulting Ltd has made a key hire to its team with the appointment of Richard Wyatt, a 35-years’ experienced law firm finance director and long-time Law Society lecturer. At Baskerville Drummond, Richard’s appointment enhances its already highly...
by David Baskerville | 21 Oct 2019 | Our Insights
Today sees the launch of an innovative legal sector-specific group of like-minded professionals, dedicated and passionate about delivering holistic and value-adding consultancy services to law firms, called the Baskerville Drummond Group. Comprising founding members...
by Kevin Goosman | 14 Oct 2019 | Our Experience, Our Insights, Strategic Review Insights, Strategic Reviews
A full IT strategic review as a precursor to future IT projects Attwaters Jameson Hill (Attwaters) is a full-service law firm with offices in Hertford, Ware, Harlow and Loughton and more than 100 years’ experience working with individuals and businesses....
by David Baskerville | 18 Aug 2019 | BDG, LawNet, Our Insights
Baskerville Drummond working in partnership with LawNet Baskerville Drummond are proud to have been selected as LawNet’s preferred IT Consultants and look forward to working with LawNet member firms. Over the years we have worked with several LawNet member firms...
by David Baskerville | 6 Aug 2019 | Our Insights
The Calico group publish several articles a week and the website is already a rich source of knowledge-led content from Calico members. The second edition of Compass, Calico’s print and digital magazine is now available for download. Calico’s purpose is to be...
by David Baskerville | 5 Aug 2019 | Our Insights
I’m delighted to have been asked to host a “Ask the Experts” session at this years Alternative Legal IT Conference which is taking place on the 1st & 2nd October 2019 at the De Vere Beaumont Estate, Windsor. When working “in house” at...
by David Baskerville | 29 Jul 2019 | Implementation and Strategy Execution, Implementation and Strategy Execution Insights, Our Experience, Our Insights, System and Vendor Selection, System and Vendor Selection Insights
A Practice Management System lasts for 10-15 years. It’s the one system that can change a law firm. PMS selection has no room for error. The selection process is as important as the system selected. Paris Smith LLP is one of the largest regional law firms in...
by David Baskerville | 12 Jul 2019 | Advisory Insights, BDG, Our Insights
A ‘virtual’ IT Director is someone who is there for you as and when required without the need to hire someone into this position as a full-time employee with all of the associated costs. They can work for you as needed whether a few days a month, more regularly or...
by David Baskerville | 30 Apr 2019 | Networking Forum for Business & IT Leaders, Our Insights
Following on from the well-received first Business and IT Leaders Forum in October 2018, we are delighted to be able to announce our second forum which will take place on the Thursday, 13th June 2019 at the Shard in London. This forum will be run in conjunction with...
by David Baskerville | 27 Apr 2019 | Our Insights
Baskerville Drummond is proud to be one of the Founding Suppliers of Calico Legal Solutions Group. Calico is a unique collaboration of established and trusted suppliers to over 4,000 legal firms combined from niche practices to the high street, regional and national...
by David Baskerville | 21 Feb 2019 | Our Insights
Our colleague Kevin Goosman’s article on Law Firm IT spend 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 – and from partners alerted to...
by Kevin Goosman | 19 Feb 2019 | Our Insights
It’s a typical situation whether at home or at work. You find you need a particular skill or service, but you don’t know where to turn. Perhaps you have never had this need before or worse yet, you may have been let down by the supplier you used last time,...
by Kevin Goosman | 17 Feb 2019 | Our Insights
Having a strong IT capability is critical to all organisations, now more than ever. But like any budget category, you don’t want to overspend, and you need to invest effectively. For law firms, IT spend is likely to be the third largest expenditure category behind...
by David Baskerville | 18 Dec 2018 | Our Insights
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year
by David Baskerville | 26 Nov 2018 | Our Insights
Introduction Most full-service law firms face the major challenge of having to reconcile the differing IT system requirements of their various practice areas with the limited resources – both IT and financial – available to the firm. On the other hand, niche firms...
by Kevin Goosman | 26 Nov 2018 | Advisory Insights, Our Insights
My previous article “Law Firm IT Spend – Getting it Right”, gave an overview of achieving the right level of IT spend by considering typical spending levels, discussing how to capture and analyse your current spend and giving suggestions for dealing with over-spend....
by David Baskerville | 25 Nov 2018 | Networking Forum for Business & IT Leaders, Our Insights
On 23rd October at the Shard in London we hosted our first – our very first – networking forum. But why do we want to add yet another event to the already overwhelming Legal Tech events calendar? We approached the event (and the whole idea of a networking forum) from...
by David Baskerville | 20 Nov 2018 | Advisory Insights, System and Vendor Selection Insights
I was recently invited to speak at The Law Society’s Law Management Section conference. My topic was “Getting value from IT investments”. Quantifying the return on investment from IT projects is a minefield many of us have tried to address, but while those efforts are...
by Kevin Goosman | 3 Oct 2018 | Advisory Insights, Our Insights
Having a strong IT capability is critical to all organisations, now more than ever. But like any budget category, you don’t want to overspend, and you need to invest effectively. For law firms, IT spend is likely to be the third largest expenditure category behind...
