Overview of our Services
We offer a wide portfolio of services which can be grouped into;
Compliance
- We can work with your Legal Aid departments to help them achieve category 1 in their peer reviews, or we can help them prepare for LSC Changes and the response to the Carter Reforms
- We can help firms prepare for and maintain the Lexcel Quality standard, working with your personnel to raise awareness, upgrading your office manual, developing your business and disaster recovery plans etc
- Train your staff and fee earners in the New Solicitors Code of Conduct (1st of July 2007), helping you identify gaps and implement procedures to cover them
- Help prepare you for audits by the Solicitors Regulation Authority by identifying non compliance with practice rules
- Check and re-write your client care letters where necessary
Strategy & Business Planning
- Prepare a real business plan that will help drive and deliver your strategy for the business
- Help you decide on Merging or Acquiring other practices
- Respond to the changing professional landscape being shaped by legislation from such things as the Clementi review
- Help you develop you management processes and teams, spreading the management load through the business and tackling the thorny issue of succession
- Deploy your strategy through challenging yet realistic performance appraisals
- Understand your business risks and help you to mitigate them
Interim Practice Management
- Engage in the day to day activities of professional Practice Management
- Undertake projects that partners and fee earners do not have the time for
- Assist with people management to deliver gross fees and profitable contribution
- Manage your suppliers, ensuring you get cost effective value added services
- Assist with your marketing plans and activities
- Support your management infrastructure by developing effective targets and measures for all personnel
- Set and review performance of all personnel using a robust performance review method
Office and Physical Environment
- Re-organise your office physical environment to improve efficiency and reduce wastes
- Re-organise your physical office environment to ensure compliance with Practice Rule 5 – Business Management in England and Wales
- Carry out Health and Safety Risk Assessments and develop response plans
- Carry out premise inspections to identify Health and Safety risks
- Carry out Fire Risk Assessments and prepare plans to deal with issues and mitigate risks.