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Lexcel Auditing and Gap Analysis for Law Firms


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

Law Society Lexcel Assessor. Legal Practice Quality Mark.
Our relationship with Lexcel goes right back to the beginning of the Lexcel standard, in 1998!

Our more than 25 years of experience with Lexcel includes working closely with the Law Society on v6.1 of the standard, supporting over 500 law firms, and we have trained all of the UK’s Lexcel assessors (on v6.1 of the standard). As a result, we’re uniquely placed to support you when it comes to analysing your practice’s situation versus Lexcel.

About Our Lexcel Audits

Our Lexcel audits take pressure off you and your team. We will conduct an in-depth gap analysis 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.

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

Our audits evaluate core aspects of your organisation grouped according to Lexcel’s seven areas of compliance:

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    Structure and strategy

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    Financial management

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    Information management

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    People management

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    Risk management

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    Client care

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    File and case management

Our Lexcel audits and gap analysis:

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    Are entirely confidential

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    Are conducted by experts in both Lexcel & the Conveyancing Quality Scheme

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    Review your organisation’s office manual, plans, policies, processes and procedures, logs, registers and client care letters

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    Evaluate current training effectiveness and potential training needs

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    Provide you with an independent “before“ and “after” report, where required

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    Include a detailed, written analysis

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    Are conducted on a transparent, fixed fee basis

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

55

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

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

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

Join our free Best Practice Group and save:

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

Thomson Reuters Practical Law has published an article on preparing for Lexcel accreditation, authored by our Operations Director, Neil Partridge

Additional Lexcel Services


In addition to Lexcel audits, we also offer:
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Additional Auditing Services


In addition to our Lexcel audits, we can also provide auditing in the following areas:
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What Our Clients Have to Say…


  • “Your gap analysis report has provided us with a clear understanding of our situation; it's precisely what the business needed to know.”
  • “We have worked with other consultancies before, but yours was far and away the most thorough and worthwhile analysis of this practice. Thank you.”
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