Grierson's Limited was borne out of the 33 year employment the founder, John Grierson Dobie held with what was The Law Society, developed into The legal Aid Board and, as of 2001, is now The Legal Services Commission. From 1994 until 1999 John acted as a Consultant to legal firms seeking accreditation to the Law Society and Legal Services Commission quality management standards.



The development of the first version of Grierson's Office Manager began in 1996 and since then the file management software has been fully integrated with ITALAX a legal accounts software package developed in Dublin and now the largest client based software for lawyers in The Republic. In the intervening period the software has been amended to suit the North American market and has been translated into the French and Chinese language.



Grierson’s Office Manager was developed following the concept of quality management standards as proposed by The Law Society in its Lexcel Practice Management Standards and The Legal Services Commission with its Franchise and Contract quality Standards. Subsequently the file management software of Grierson’s was integrated with ITALAX a legal accounts software package. The software has since been amended to suit the North American market and has been translated into the French and Chinese languages. The software is therefore now available for those legal markets where the business language in English, French and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin).