THE LEGAL TECHNOLOGY INSIDER UK & IRELAND 200 (as @ 01.11.2003)              
                         
RANK FIRM HEAD OFICE TOTAL LAWYERS PARTNERS TURNOVER £M   ACCOUNTS & PMS DMS CASE-WORKFLOW-BPM DIGITAL DICTATION CRM COST RECOVERY
    (If not Eng & Wales)                    
1 Eversheds   1808 332 284.9   Elite Hummingbird Solicitec + e-Works + Linetime Debtime SRC Olympus InterAction Equitrac
2 Clifford Chance LLP   1343 232 978.0   Oracle & Solution 6/Keystone Hummingbird   Under review InterAction Copitrak
3 DLA   1335 283 233.0   Axxia Bespoke/Hummingbird Solicitec + London Bridge + Linetime Under review InterAction Copitrak/Equitrac
4 Linklaters   1252 233 720.0   SAP Documentum Pilgrim   mySAP CRM Billback Systems
5 Allen & Overy   1181 172 647.0   Elite Hummingbird Caseroom/Ringtail + e-Works + Imany   Elite Apex Softlog/Equitrac
6 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer   1129 169 800.0   ResSoft iManage Metastorm e-Works     Copitrak/Equitrac
7 Beachcroft Wansbroughs   964 128 80.0   Elite Bespoke Solicitec + Introspect   Elite Apex Equitrac
8 Addleshaw Goddard*   838 127 122.0   Elite iManage Bespoke + Isokon Probate   Elite Apex Equitrac
9 Hammonds   825 184 137.1   Elite (Hammonds Direct - Axxia) Documentum Solicitec + Bespoke + Linetime     Equitrac
10 Herbert Smith   775 145 241.0   Solution 6/CMS.Net iManage Metastorm e-Works   InterAction Copitrak
11 Irwin Mitchell   722 84 80.0   Axxia iManage Axxia + Legis SRC WinScribe SalesLogix  
12 CMS Cameron McKenna   716 134 174.0   Elite Hummingbird AIM Teamflo Under review Pivotal Equitrac
13 Lovells   712 148 320.0   Elite Hummingbird   BigHand TotalSpeech InterAction Softlog/Equitrac
14 Norton Rose   662 127 204.0   Solution 6/CMS.Net iManage     CMS MarketSense Equitrac
15 Denton Wilde Sapte   660 154 177.0   Elite Hummingbird Solicitec Solcase BigHand TotalSpeech InterAction Equitrac
16 Slaughter & May   609 105 243.0   Bespoke + ResSoft FileNet/ResSoft       Copitrak
17 Ashurst Morris Crisp   597 102 197.0   Solution 6/CMS.Net Hummingbird   BigHand TotalSpeech Under review Equitrac
18 Pinsents   585 169 95.1   Solution 6/CMS.Net Hummingbird Solicitec Solcase   SalesLogix Copitrak
19 Wragge & Co   569 108 79.3   Solution 6/CMS.Net Hummingbird CaseFlex + Accudebt BigHand TotalSpeech InterAction Equitrac
20 Simmons & Simmons   530 113 176.9   Computron Open Text   BigHand TotalSpeech InterAction Copitrak
21 Nabarro Nathanson   458 102 84.3   Elite Hummingbird AIM Teamflo BigHand TotalSpeech Elite Apex Equitrac
22 Berwin Leighton Paisner   444 120 91.0   Elite Hummingbird   nFlow DictaFlow InterAction Copitrak/Equitrac
23 Baker & McKenzie US 443 73 89.0   Elite Hummingbird Metastorm e-Works BigHand TotalSpeech InterAction Equitrac
24 Osborne Clarke   427 98 60.9   Elite iManage Solicitec + Isokon Under review InterAction  
25 Thompsons   414 72 43.0   Bespoke Axxia Axxia + London Bridge Vectus      
26 Morgan Cole   390 80 30.0   Miles 33 Perceptive Mentor AIM Teamflo SRC WinScribe InterAction Copitrak
27 Shoosmiths   381 58 44.3   Elite Bespoke Metastorm e-Works Under review InterAction Equitrac
28 Bevan Ashford   379 85 42.6   Axxia + SOS Meticulist Axxia + Solicitec nFlow DictaFlow   Equitrac
29 SJ Berwin   366 85 91.3   Elite Hummingbird   BigHand TotalSpeech InterAction Copitrak
30 Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw US 361 98 58.9   Solution 6/CMS.Net iManage   BigHand TotalSpeech CMS MarketSense Copitrak/Equitrac
31 Klegal/McGrigor Donald Scotland 361 72 41.9   Elite iManage TFB   Elite Apex  
32 Walker Morris   352 40 36.0   Miles 33   London Bridge Vectus + Bespoke VoicePower/Olympus   Equitrac
33 Masons   332 86 63.7   Solution 6/Keystone iManage Solicitec Solcase nFlow DictaFlow Keystone  
34 Taylor Wessing   321 181 65.0   JHC Perceptive Mentor       Equitrac
35 Barlow Lyde & Gilbert   320 72 72.1   Miles 33 ProLaw ProLaw SRC WinScribe   Copitrak
36 Bond Pearce   301 64 32.5   Miles 33 iManage Axxia + Solicitec + ARMS Under review   Equitrac
37 Dickinson Dees   297 62 35.5   Pilgrim LawSoft Tikit/iManage London Bridge Vectus + Pilgrim SRC/WinScribe   Equitrac
38 Clyde & Co   295 79 90.0   Elite iManage     InterAction Equitrac
39 Berrymans Lace Mawer   280 73 31.0   Axxia Bespoke London Bridge Vectus + Bespoke SRC WinScribe   Equitrac
40 Stephenson Harwood   276 84 62.5   Solution 6/Keystone Hummingbird     InterAction Copitrak
41 Maclay Murray & Spens Scotland 275 64 36.0   Pilgrim LawSoft Pilgrim Pilgrim      
42 Hill Dickinson   267 85 29.4   Axxia Axxia Axxia SRC/WinScribe   Equitrac
43 Davies Wallis Foyster (DWF)   267 53 26.1   Norwel Solicitec Solicitec      
44 Charles Russell   266 76 43.8   Elite Hummingbird   BigHand TotalSpeech InterAction Equitrac
45 Richards Butler   265 76 91.0   Solution 6/CMS.Net Hummingbird   BigHand TotalSpeech   Equitrac
46 Donns Solicitors   265 13     Axxia Axxia Axxia      
47 Weightmans Vizards   260 73 28.0   Axxia Axxia Solicitec Solcase + eWorks     Equitrac
48 Dundas & Wilson Scotland 259 52 40.0   Elite Hummingbird     Elite Apex  
49 Halliwell Landau   258 70 35.5   Axxia Under review Axxia Berrys WinScribe   Equitrac
50 Lawrence Graham   255 82 54.9   ResSoft iManage   Under review InterAction Equitrac
51 Mills & Reeve   253 56 32.2   ResSoft iManage   Tikit/nFlow  DictaFlow    
52 Russell Jones & Walker   246 56 31.6   Elite   Solicitec Solcase BigHand TotalSpeech Onyx  
53 Macfarlanes   246 58 66.0   Elite Hummingbird Isokon Probate   InterAction  
54 Hugh James   245 44 20.3   SOS Solicitec VisualFiles Solicitec + DPS SRC/WinScribe    
55 Field Fisher Waterhouse   245 77 43.9   Elite iManage     InterAction Equitrac
56 Matheson Ormsby Prentice Ireland 229 51     Axxia Hummingbird     InterAction  
57 Clarke Willmott   225 52 21.9   Civica Galaxy Under review Civica + ResSoft + Linetime BigHand TotalSpeech InterAction Equitrac
58 Burges Salmon   223 51 35.5   Norwel iManage   BigHand TotalSpeech    
59 McCann Fitzgerald Ireland 223 43     Axxia Hummingbird        
60 Reynolds Porter Chamberlain   217 52 40.3   Solution 6/CMS.Net Hummingbird   nFlow DictaFlow InterAction Softlog
61 Dechert US 215 49     Elite Hummingbird     InterAction Copitrak
62 Shepherd + Wedderburn Scotland 214 44 25.6   Miles 33 Hummingbird AIM Teamflo Voice Technologies WinScribe   Equitrac
63 Thomas Eggar   210 52 25.3   Elite iManage Solicitec Solcase   Elite Apex  
64 Pannone & Partners   210 63 24.7   Axxia   Axxia SRC WinScribe    
65 Browne Jacobson   205 43 22.1   ResSoft Hummingbird Solicitec Solcase   InterAction  
66 Travers Smith Braithwaite   204 50 43.0   Timeslice Hummingbird Cognito Custodiens BigHand TotalSpeech InterAction Equitrac
67 Blake Lapthorn Linnell*   202 59 22.5   Videss Videss Videss + Solicitec      
68 Olswang   199 56 49.0   Axxia Hummingbird + iManage     InterAction Equitrac
69 Bird & Bird   199 52 62.5   Solution 6/CMS.Net Hummingbird     Bespoke Equitrac
70 Nelsons   198 48 16.6   Miles 33 GroupWise AIM Teamflo + Linetime + Eclipse Tikit/nFlow  DictaFlow   Equitrac
71 Keoghs   194 25 15.5   Elite   Solicitec Solcase      
72 Lyons Davidson   192 20     Axxia   Axxia + Bespoke BigHand TotalSpeech    
73 Freethcartwright   186 50 19.7   Axxia Axxia Axxia + Solicitec SRC Olympus    
74 A & L Goodbody Ireland 185 59     Solution 6/Keystone iManage       Copitrak
75 Martineau Johnson   180 49 18.5   Norwel iManage e-Works + Norwel + Custodiens Stat Plus SPS    
76 Penningtons   174 56 21.2   Elite Hummingbird AIM Teamflo + Isokon   Elite Apex  
77 Edwards Geldard   172 40 17.8   Axxia iManage        
78 Kendall Freeman*   171 49 17.0   Solution 6/Keystone Hummingbird   G2 LegalSpeech InterAction Equitrac
79 Withers Bergman* US 167 49 49.0   Elite iManage Norwel BigHand TotalSpeech InterAction Equitrac (printroom only)
80 Kennedys   165 52 32.6   ResSoft Bespoke   BigHand TotalSpeech    
81 Arthur Cox Ireland 163 61     Bespoke          
82 Trowers & Hamlins   163 54 37.1   Norwel iManage Norwel   Norwel Equitrac
83 William Fry Ireland 161 41     Elite Hummingbird        
84 Holman Fenwick & Willan   159 56 46.0   Axxia iManage Axxia   InterAction Equitrac
85 Davies Arnold Cooper   159 43 30.0   Axxia Under review Axxia Philips InterAction Equitrac
86 Ward Hadaway   154 44 14.9   Solution 6/CMS.Net Under review RealLegal Practice Manager     Equitrac
87 Cobbetts   153 55 26.0   Norwel iManage Norwel + Linetime SRC WinScribe   Equitrac
88 ASB Law   153 46 16.7   Axxia Axxia Axxia      
89 Morton Fraser Scotland 152 24     Axxia Axxia + HotDocs Axxia Welgo WinScribe Axxia  
90 Ince & Co   152 48 41.0   Elite Hummingbird Bespoke BigHand TotalSpeech Elite Apex Copitrak
91 Cripps Harries Hall   150 34 17.9   AIM Evolution Classic Hummingbird   BigHand TotalSpeech InterAction  
92 MacRoberts Scotland 149 31     Pilgrim LawSoft iManage Pilgrim Voice Technologies WinScribe    
93 Silverbeck Rymer   148 12     TFB TFB TFB G2 LegalSpeech Bespoke  
94 Manches   148 53 22.9   Solution 6/Keystone Hummingbird       Copitrak
95 Farrer & Co   148 56 25.3   Axxia Hummingbird   Berrys WinScribe    
96 RadcliffesLeBrasseur   147 59 20.1   Elite Hummingbird     Elite Apex  
97 TLT Solicitors   146 32 15.8   SOS iManage Solicitec Solcase   InterAction Equitrac
98 CS2 Lawyers   144 2     Solace Millennium   Legis SQL      
99 Hempsons   141 32     Axxia Axxia Axxia     Equitrac
100 Shearman & Sterling US 139 22     Elite Hummingbird     InterAction Equitrac
101 Ogier & Le Masurier Jersey 138 19     AIM Evolution iManage     InterAction Copitrak
102 White & Case US 137 32     Elite iManage Litigators Notebook   Elite Apex Copitrak
103 Jones Day Gouldens* US 136 41 40.0   TMA iManage     InterAction Copitrak
104 DMH   136 33     Axxia   Axxia + Isokon      
105 Forbes   135 23     TFB TFB TFB      
106 Brodies Scotland 135 34 14.6   Elite iManage Solicitec Solcase   Elite Apex  
107 Nicholson Graham & Jones   133 53 25.7   Timeslice   Timeslice   InterAction Equitrac
108 Hewitsons   132 47 20.0   AIM Evolution Under review AIM Evolution + Isokon      
109 Pictons   130 30     Elite     BigHand TotalSpeech Elite Apex  
110 Lester Aldridge   126 34 12.4   Pilgrim LawSoft   Solicitec + Isokon Berrys WinScribe    
111 Watson Farley & Williams   125 35 48.0   Solution 6/CMS.Net Hummingbird     Bespoke  
112 Veale Wasbrough   125 23     Civica Galaxy   Civica      
113 Taylor Walton   125 26     SOS   Solicitec Solcase BigHand TotalSpeech    
114 Lupton Fawcett   125 28     AIM Evolution Classic Hummingbird AIM Evolution + Linetime Debtime      
115 Weil Gotshal & Manges US 123 28     Solution 6/CMS.Net Hummingbird Litigators Notebook   InterAction Equitrac
116 Brabners Chaffe Street   124 39 15.0   AIM Evolution          
117 Speechly Bircham   122 39 23.9   Solution 6/CMS.Net Hummingbird   Tikit/nFlow DictaFlow InterAction  
118 Mishcon de Reya   121 36 21.3   AIM Evolution Under review   BigHand TotalSpeech   Copitrak
119 Biggart Baillie Scotland 121 36 13.7   Miles 33   AIM Teamflo      
120 Porter Dobson   118 24     Axxia   Axxia      
121 Tods Murray Scotland 114 36 13.5   Solution 6/CMS.Net Hummingbird InfoGraphics FloSuite + AIM Teamflo   InterAction  
122 Bristows   113 28 18.5   Solution 6/CMS.Net iManage   BigHand TotalSpeech InterAction  
123 Bircham Dyson Bell   113 38 18.8   Elite iManage Pilgrim nFlow  DictaFlow    
124 Henderson Boyd Jackson Scotland 112 22     Elite   Solicitec Solcase      
125 Levenes   111 14     DPS          
126 Watson Burton   111 20     Linetime          
127 KSB Law   111 21     AIM Evolution   Solicitec Solcase      
128 Pitmans   109 15     AIM Evolution   Solicitec Solcase      
129 Putsman WLC   109 23     Axxia   Axxia      
130 Ison Harrison   107 16     Axxia   Axxia      
131 Iliffes Booth Bennett (IBB)   107 21     Axxia     BigHand TotalSpeech    
132 Anderson Strathern Scotland 107 26     Elite   Solicitec Solcase Voice Technologies WinScribe Elite Apex  
133 Lewis Silkin   106 38 18.1   Axxia Hummingbird Axxia BigHand TotalSpeech Under review Equitrac
134 Battens   106 21     Axxia   Solicitec Solcase      
135 Sidley Austin Brown & Wood US 105 28     Elite iManage Litigators Notebook   InterAction  
136 Thring Townsend   105 35     Civica Galaxy   Civica LFM WinScribe    
137 Portner & Jaskel   105 9     SOS   Solicitec Solcase      
138 Flint Bishop & Barnett   105 14     Cognito          
139 Laytons   104 38     Elite Hummingbird     Elite Apex  
140 Howes Percival   103 34 16.5   AIM Evolution   AIM Evolution      
141 Fladgate Fielder   103 34 19.7   Solution 6/CMS.Net iManage     InterAction  
142 Tuckers   102 2     SOS   Solicitec Solcase      
143 Howard Kennedy   102 44 18.5   Elite Worldox Solicitec Solcase Voicepath ASP Elite Apex Copitrak
144 Atteys   102 23     Axxia   Axxia      
145 Wedlake Bell   101 35 15.8   Axxia iManage   BigHand TotalSpeech    
146 Edwards Duthie   101 17     TFB          
147 Stephensons   100 22     Norwel   Norwel      
148 Browell Smith & Co   99 4     Videss          
149 Stephens & Scown   98 33     AIM Evolution   AIM Evolution      
150 Burness Scotland 97 32     Pilgrim LawSoft iManage        
151 Mace & Jones   96 33     Axxia   Axxia      
152 Foot Anstey Sargent   96 28     Axxia   Axxia + Cognito Custodiens      
153 Turcan Connell Scotland 95 15     Pilgrim LawSoft          
154 McClure Naismith Scotland 95 24     Elite   Solicitec Solcase   Elite Apex  
155 BPE   95 16     SOS   Solicitec Solcase      
156 The Smith Partnership   93 19     AIM Evolution   Eclipse ProClaim      
157 Harvey Ingram Owston   92 21     AIM Evolution          
158 Brachers   92 22     Solution 6/CMS.Net Hummingbird        
159 Mourant Du Feu & Jeune Jersey 91 24     TMA iManage     TMS SiMS Copitrak
160 Colemans - CTTS   91 11     Eclipse   Eclipse ProClaim      
161 Reed Smith Warner Cranston US 91 31     Elite     BigHand TotalSpeech Elite Apex  
162 Shakespeares   91 20     Miles 33   Solicitec Solcase      
163 Harbottle & Lewis   91 17 14.1   Axxia iManage   BigHand TotalSpeech InterAction  
164 Vizards Wyeth   90 34     Axxia   Axxia      
165 Finers Stephens Innocent   90 39 15.1   Axxia iManage Solicitec Solcase BigHand TotalSpeech    
166 Corries   89 3     Paragon   Eclipse ProClaim      
167 Wilson Nesbitt   89 8     SOS   Solicitec Solcase      
168 Hodge Jones & Allan   89 20     SOS   Solicitec Solcase BigHand TotalSpeech    
169 Golds Scotland 88 9     Civica Galaxy          
170 Gateley Wareing   88 19 12.7   Pilgrim LawSoft iManage   BigHand TotalSpeech   Copitrak
171 Bermans   88 18     Bespoke          
172 Anthony Collins   88 17     Axxia     BigHand TotalSpeech    
173 Russell-Cooke   87 26     Axxia          
174 Moore & Blatch   86 13     Axxia   Solicitec Solcase      
175 Davenport Lyons   86 28     Pilgrim LawSoft          
176 Boodle Hatfield   86 32     Axxia Worldox        
177 Taylor Vinters   85 27     Miles 33 Hummingbird Solicitec Solcase      
178 Reid Minty   85 12     TFB   Solicitec Solcase      
179 Lee Crowder   85 20     Elite   Solicitec Solcase + Visualfiles nFlow DictaFlow Elite Apex  
180 Rowe Cohen   84 19     Cognito   Solicitec Solcase      
181 The Wilkes Partnership   84 19     Axxia          
182 Skadden Arps US 83 14     Solution 6/CMS.Net Hummingbird Litigators Notebook   InterAction Copitrak
183 Winkworth Sherwood   83 20     Elite     nFlow DictaFlow Elite Apex  
184 Coffin Mew & Clover   83 20     Videss   Videss      
185 Paull & Williamsons Scotland 82 30     Pilgrim LawSoft   Pilgrim      
186 James Chapman & Co   82 33     Pilgrim LawSoft          
187 Ledingham Chalmers Scotland 81 36     Elite   Solicitec Solcase   Elite Apex  
188 Capsticks   81 27     Elite   Datix      
189 Landwell US 80 20 18.0   Solution 6/CMS.Net Hummingbird        
190 Warner Goodman & Streat   79 18     Videss   Videss      
191 Horwich Farrelly   79 10     SOS   Solicitec Solcase BigHand TotalSpeech    
192 Whittles   78 19     Videss   Videss      
193 McGrath & Co   78 5     Cognito   Amicus Attorney      
194 Challinors Lyon Clark   78 25     Miles 33   Solicitec Solcase      
195 AMS Law   78 17     AIM Evolution   AIM Evolution      
196 Steele & Co   77 12     AIM Evolution   AIM Evolution      
197 Keeble Hawson   77 27     TFB TFB TFB + Solicitec Tikit/nFlow  DictaFlow    
198 Ford & Warren   77 19     Bespoke          
199 Andrew M Jackson   77 23     JHC     BigHand TotalSpeech    
200 Latham & Watkins US 76 19     Elite iManage     InterAction Copitrak
201 Thomson Snell & Passmore   76 31     Axxia     SRC WinScribe    
202 Fennemores   76 14     Axxia   DPS      
203 Burroughs Day   76 13     SOS   Solicitec Solcase      
204 Bates Wells & Braithwaite   76 22     TFB TFB TFB + Solicitec      
205 Kingsley Napley   75 34     Axxia          
                         
           
 
           
  NOTES                      
  1. Firms ranked by number of lawyers in UK/Irish offices - ICCLaw/Legal 500 data                  
  2. Legacy accounts systems have not been included in the PMS column                  
  3. A blank space indicates information currently unavailable                    
  4. All data compiled from sources regarded as reliable but subject to change EO&E                  
  5. * asterix = some data still to be updated following recent merger                    
                         
  KEY                      
  1. PMS = practice management system                      
  2. DMS = document management systems                      
  3. Case etc = case management system                      
  4. DDS  = digital dictation & workflow management system                    
  5. CRM = client relationship management/marketing system                    
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