How we help

How we would approach it.

Three situations that come up again and again in conversations with smaller firms, set out with how we approach each. They are illustrative rather than named client engagements. We describe the method, because the value is in how the work is done.

High street firm

A high street firm nervous about AI

A small firm wants the benefits of AI without breaching its duties. The partners have heard the promises and feel the pressure to keep pace, yet nobody can say whether the tools already in use are safe.

We assess the tools in use, identify any that put client data beyond the firm's control, and replace them with options that keep the work under the firm's contractual control. We then write a policy the partners can stand behind, setting out what staff use, for what, and with what record.

The firm ends with AI used on research and drafting behind a clear audit trail, and partners who can answer a regulator's question without guessing.

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Mid-sized practice

A growing practice choosing a system

A mid-sized firm faces a crowded market of legal software and struggles to tell hype from substance. Every vendor sounds convincing, and the cost of choosing wrong is a year of disruption.

We set the firm's real requirements against the options, run a short trial with the people who would use the system day to day, and test each claim against how the firm works.

The firm ends with a system that fits its budget and its compliance obligations, adopted without losing billable time during the move.

Regional firm

A firm whose staff are already using AI

The partners have not adopted AI, but their people have. Fee earners paste drafts into free chatbots at home, a paralegal runs a note-taker in client calls, and nobody can say what client information has already left the firm.

We start with an amnesty rather than a hunt, asking every member of staff what they use and for what, so the picture is honest. We then check each tool against the firm's duties, approve the ones that can be made safe, replace the ones that cannot, and put a short policy and an hour of training behind the result.

The firm ends with the same energy pointed at approved tools, staff who no longer hide what they use, and a record that shows the moment the firm took control.

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