Martin Read

Martin Read was a practising solicitor for over 20 years, including 10 years as managing and then senior partner of a commercial firm based in Leeds. He is a past Chairman of companies within the software, poultry processing, food manufacturing, and print and media sectors. He has also worked within the leisure industry.

Since 1998 he teamed up with Gail Biddulph and focused his attention to performance and profitability issues within Law Firms. He developed new benchmarking and file reviewing techniques for the legal profession (now implemented in many Firms). He is credited with taking waste out of the process of delivering legal services to clients, and re-engineering the way in which Defendant legal work is undertaken for Insurers.