This month saw the launch of the By Legal For Legal conference, organised by IT directors, Julie Berry of Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, Ann Elia of Travers Smith Braithwaite, Tim Hyman of Harbottle & Lewis and Jan Durant of Lewis Silkin.

Thirty IT directors converged on the Manor House Hotel in Castle Combe, Wiltshire and debated a variety of issues from e-mail and the future of document management to remote working strategies for lawyers and ‘flexi-working’ for staff within the IT department.