BRIEFED | ISSUE FIVE
Welcome to the latest edition of Briefed, a handy digest of all the recently published articles, news and blogs from Baskerville Drummond.
Guest Blog
Law Firm Management Information – what does good look like in 2021?
In this exclusive guest blog Katchr’s Graham Moore shares some observations about the management information best practices that he sees in the most successful law firms.
NEWS
Baskerville Drummond strengthens consulting team with senior hire
It’s a very warm welcome to Cathy Kirby, who has joined the BD team after nearly three decades with progressive regional firm Coffin Mew. And why is Cathy such a prized addition? Read on.
CASE STUDY
Capital Law
A fascinating insight into what happens when your PMS replacement project gets started, only to find you need to press the ‘reset’ button. How is success guaranteed second time around?
FEATURE
TechWatch
Our most recent round-up of some of the new tech coming into the market that has caught our eye – Microsoft Viva, Nuix Discover and the novel – as in not Microsoft Azure! - use of Amazon Web Services for a new law firm hosting solution.
NEWS
Project team gets boost with Reena appointment
Last newsletter it was Anthony Crammer’s go in the spotlight as our new IT service manager. Now it’s the turn of experienced legal PMO analyst Reena Osinbowale.
FEATURE
Hi, Finance - March
“I don’t understand why my firm is profitable and yet we always seem to be up against it with the Bank. We don’t want to be putting in more capital this year so what can we do now to get a grip on this?” Ultimately all a firm’s cash is generated from its fee income in...
FEATURE
Hi, Finance - April
“I can see from the Management Accounts that I need my fee earners to record more time. Nearly all of them are under target for the Year-to-Date. I am sure they are busy enough, but they are just not getting the time down on the syste ...
FEATURE
Cathy Kirby: Out of Practice
The first in a new series of thought-led pieces from Cathy, drawing on a lifetime of learning and hard-won experience across the law firm technology and business strategy space.
Consultant-at-large
With the easing of lockdown, David Baskerville is finding his blogging muse returning as he gets out and about
FEATURE
The Hugo Metaphor
During ‘Lockdown v1’ my wife Joyce and I decided it was time to have another dog. As supporters of the Dog Trust and RSPCA we wanted to help a dog in need rather than going for the easy option of a cute puppy.
FEATURE
Zoom or Vroom
I heard the expression ‘Zoomed out’ the other day to describe the feeling of exhaustion that back-to-back video calls can bring. The person also commented that they could not wait for the return to reality.
TALKING POINTS
Consultants
Launching another new feature series for 2021, Talking Points…in which we, you guessed it, tackle some of those subjects that keep coming up in legal and offer up our ‘trying very hard to be objective’ view on things!
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