Ladbrokes has introduced an electronic billing and online performance review system for its legal advisers ahead of a review of the gambling company's eight-strong panel next year.

The e-billing and law firm appraisal system, introduced this month, allows Ladbrokes' in-house team, which is headed by general counsel Jonathan Adelman, to assess firms according to criteria including 'value for money', 'responsiveness' and 'commerciality'.

The system, developed by technology company TyMetrix, will allow Ladbrokes to pull together information on each law firm after every mandate, with the data then collated in a year's time, when it will be used as part of the company's panel review.