WEIGHTMANS
One of Weightmans ’ biggest suppliers is Thomson Reuters , which supplies the firm ’ s practice management , case management and document management systems and a significant amount of legal knowledge through its Westlaw and PLC services .
“ To have a very hostile , negative relationship with an organisation that is so important to our business seemed to me to be counterintuitive ,” Whittle comments . “ We ' ve done all sorts of things with Thomson Reuters . We ' ve done some design sprints , some brainstorming . We ' ve done a piece for them at Legal Geek , which is a legal IT conference where we looked at the metadata they had on judgements . They ' d never given anyone access to that before .” “ Where it fits in with our business , we will also work with them to help develop solutions . Software suppliers always need clients who are willing to work with them , and that ' s what I mean by partner . While all of that is a cost to me and my organisation , the benefit to me is the building of the relationships within the supplier .”
Another of Weightmans ’ partners is AuditComply , which the firm not only uses for its internal audits , but also for solutions to assist its clients .
“ How do you demonstrate to your ISO 27,001 auditor , your ISO 5,000 and 14,001 auditor that you are doing your internal audits ?” says Whittle . “ Previously , we had spreadsheets and Word documents , but now we ' ve got it all in this system .
“ Clients have the same issue . It ' s not just 27,001 , it ' s health and safety audits , or anything where clients have particular
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