Service Areas That the Consultancy Covers

Education and Training in Risk - Personalised educational and training programmes can include the following areas:

• Service Areas (as specified in the Service Area)
• Time Recording (Chargeable and Non-Chargeable)
• Legal Aid Time Recording and Billing
• Anti-Money Laundering (AML)

Audits and Health-checks - Audits and health checks are the ‘inspectors’ who make sure the foundations of businesses remain robust. One-off, periodical, and/or annual health checks in the following areas:

• Anti-Money Laundering Regulations
  • Systems and Processes
  • Quality of AML Controls and Checks 

• SRA Compliance
  • All Areas

• UK Mortgage Lenders Handbook for Conveyancers
  • Covering CQS requirements

• Legal Aid Contract Compliance
  • General contact requirements
  • Specific contract requirements
  • Assistance in the process and submission of LAA Bills to ensure maximum recovery and less rate of rejections.

• Time Recording and WIP
  • Rates, efficiency, and conversions into profit

• Management of Client Matters
  • Measuring quality of supervision and standard of Fee Earners contribution

• Existing Systems and Processes
  • Measuring the quality and effectiveness.

Implementation of Controls, Systems, and Processes

• Work within the business’s existing operational infrastructure and assist in the Implementation of new systems and controls; or
• Implement fresh and train Personnel

Monitoring – to ensure that the business is able to see and demonstrate effectiveness

• Regular reviews of existing or new compliance and risk management procedures, systems, and processes
• Close monitoring of compliance standards in hybrid and remote working situations

Drafting and Reviews – Policies and Processes

• Drafting risk-based policies and processes in the Consulting Service Areas
• File Review forms
• Precedent Client Care correspondence
• Terms of Business
• Internal Checklists
• Risk Registers
• Compliance plans
• Business and management controls systems

Rescue

• Guidance and hands-on assistance on overcoming regulatory investigations.
• Turnaround solutions for those who are at risk of sanctions by their authority body

Turnaround

• Guidance and hands-on assistance in converting WIP into profit
• Guidance and hands-on assistance in cash-flow issues

Accreditations and Applications

• Law Society CQS Applications and renewals
• Legal Aid SQM Accreditation
• Professional Insurance Applications

SRA Accounts

• Client account dormant balances
• Accounts compliance checks

Client Debtors

• Chasing clients on behalf of the business (pre-legal action proceedings only and excludes collection of fees )