Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) Auditing and Gap Analysis

Check your team’s compliance with the latest version of CQS, with a private audit and gap analysis by PDA Legal.

How Do You Know That You Are in Compliance With the Latest Version of the Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS)?

Could there be issues within your practice which you’re currently unaware of or need to evaluate? How could you enhance your team’s performance versus CQS and related aspects (such as AML and conflict of interest)?

Many legal practices are faced with challenges arising from staff and resources being stretched, close to capacity. Nowhere is this more apparent than in conveyancing teams who are often managing large day-to-day caseloads.

With a seemingly endless plethora of changes and updates across various standards, regulation and legislation including the GDPR, CQS, Lexcel, and AML, it can be hard to ensure the whole team and ways of working are as up-to-date as they should be. This presents a potential risk; just a single weak link can lead to otherwise preventable non-compliances, or worse. This is where our CQS audits can help.

Our CQS audits take pressure off you and your team. We conduct an in-depth gap analysis audit which evaluates your current state of compliance, identifies concerns with documented controls and training needs, and makes proactive suggestions to help you mitigate potential risks before they become a problem.

About Our CQS Audits

Our CQS audits are designed to test your current controls, then make suggestions on how you can improve or enhance relevant compliance in your practice.

Whether you are preparing for an assessment or are making changes versus a new version of the CQS, or have undergone a formal CQS assessment and need to conduct remedial action to establish or re-establish compliance, we can help.

Our CQS Audits

Are entirely confidential
Are conducted by experts in both CQS and Lexcel
Examine core areas of your organisation’s plans, policies, processes and procedures, logs, registers and client care letters
Evaluate current training effectiveness and potential training needs
Provide you with an independent ‘before’ and ‘after’ report where required
Include a detailed, written gap analysis
Are conducted on a transparent, fixed fee basis

The average number of pages that our CQS gap analysis reports run to for practices that already have CQS accreditation.

The average number of pages that our CQS gap analysis reports run to for practices that do not yet have CQS accreditation.

The average number of pages that our GDPR gap analysis reports run to for practices that have CQS accreditation.

The average number of pages that our AML gap analysis reports run to for practices that have CQS accreditation.

Pricing

We strive to provide you with unparalleled value through services that are bespoke to your practice.

Our pricing is competitive and transparent. And, it’s tailored according to the scope of the work that that we do for you.

Wherever possible, we conduct work on a fixed fee basis.

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Members of our free-to-join Best Practice Group receive a substantial discount on all of our services.

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Get started and book a free CQS audit consultation today.

Additional Conveyancing Quality Scheme Services

In addition to CQS auditing, we also offer:

	CQS Consulting	Learn More
	CQS Training	Learn More

Additional Auditing Services

In addition to our CQS audits, we can also provide auditing in the following areas:

	Anti-money laundering audits	Learn More
	Lexcel audits	Learn More
	Cyber security audits	Learn More
	GDPR audits	Learn More