Bar Select is a joint venture between Peter Rouse, who until recently was Chief Executive at 7 Bedford Row, and Bar Squared Limited, suppliers of the market leading web based 'LEX' diary and practice management solution for barristers and chambers.
Peter Rouse
Peter has been involved with the legal profession for 30 years both as a solicitor, consultant and business manager. He began his career in a small firm in Henley-on-Thames, later moving to a Reading firm and finally to London where he qualified in 1983 with Lovells. He then moved to Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, returning to Lovells in early 1986 where he specialised in Intellectual Property. In late 1987 he joined Baker & McKenzie in Hong Kong, moving to Singapore in mid 1988. In July 1990 he returned to the UK and established Rouse & Co solicitors.
Under Peter's leadership the Rouse firm grew rapidly into an international IP consulting business with 11 offices in 7 countries including China, Indonesia, Vietnam and Dubai, UAE. The solicitors' practice remained very much part of the Rouse Group; the name was briefly changed to Willoughby & Partners for regulatory reasons and is now known as Rouse Legal.
In 2000 Peter left his firm and pursued a number of business ventures and consulting roles, never far from the profession. In 2007 the American Bar Association published his book 'Every Relationship Matters', the first of its kind published by the organisation in response to demand from its membership.
As Chief Executive at 7 Bedford Row, Peter was responsible for administration and development of the business of Chambers and its members and learned a great deal about the workings of the Bar and the opportunities for growing the Bar's share of the market for legal services. His interest and experience in the application of ICT in legal services, collaboration and the evolution of the legal services sector are now channeled into the Bar Select service.
Bar Squared and LEX
Bar Squared launched its LEX solution in 2007 and has quickly become the market leader with some 57 chambers installed or in the pipeline as at 1 July 2009.
Combining use of cutting edge .NET development tools and proprietary core tools and libraries with proven methods, we provide the very best in bespoke and tailored applications, quickly. The close-knit studio and support team pool resources to solve a diverse range of real world business challenges.
From first contact, through delivery, to post implementation support, the customer is closely involved ensuring that the solution provided meets objectives on time and on budget.
LEX offers intuitive, consistent and appealing user interfaces so that from the moment you log in, we're confident that you can navigate the route to your target, with assistance if necessary from our three-stage help function that offers the appropriate help at the right time.