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LEXCEL – EXCELLENCE IN LEGAL PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AND CLIENT CARE
Lexcel is the Law Society’s legal practice quality mark for practice management and client care. It provides a flexible, supportive management framework to help practices develop consistent operational efficiencies and client services, manage risk effectively, reduce costs and promote profitability.
Go to websiteCHILDREN LAW ACCREDITATION
The Law Society’s Children Law Accreditation covers all types of children law work.
Accredited members will have shown that they have achieved the required level of competence and knowledge, as defined by the Law Society in the area of children law and the representation of children.
Go to websiteConveyancing Quality Scheme
All CQS members undertake an assessment on an annual basis to ensure that their staff have the necessary skills and knowledge to hold the CQS accreditation. Once accredited, staff continue to demonstrate that they have the required level of knowledge, skills, experience and practice through the completion of on-going mandatory training.
The Conveyancing Quality Scheme is officially recognised by the Legal Ombudsman, the Association of British Insurers (ABI), UK Finance (formerly the CML) and the Building Societies Association (BSA). Lenders including HSBC, Santander, Nationwide, Clydesdale, MetroBank and Yorkshire Bank all recognised that Conveyancing Quality Scheme members provide a service that can be trusted, granting our member firms entry onto their residential mortgage lender panels.
Go to websiteResolution – first for family law
Resolution’s 6,500 members are family lawyers and other professionals committed to the constructive resolution of family disputes. Our members follow a Code of Practice that promotes a non-confrontational approach to family problems. Our members encourage solutions that consider the needs of the whole family – and in particular the best interests of children.
Go to websiteRESOLUTION MEDIATOR
Mediators are trained to help resolve disputes over all issues faced by separating couples, or specific issues such as arrangements for any children. A mediator will meet with you and your partner together and will identify those issues you can’t agree on and help you to try and reach agreement.
Go to websiteCYBER ESSENTIALS
Cyber Essentials is a government backed scheme introduced to help organisations protect themselves against a whole range of the most common cyber attacks.
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Go to websiteThe Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL)
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) is a not-for-profit campaign group which has been committed to injured people for more than 30 years. Our vision is of a society without needless injury but, when people are injured, they receive the justice they need to rebuild their lives. We have around 3,000 members who are committed to supporting the association’s aims, and all are signed up to APIL’s code of conduct and consumer charter.
Go to websiteSTEP
STEP is a global professional body, comprising lawyers, accountants, financial advisors and other practitioners that help families plan for their futures. We set standards, train and educate our members, and ensure standards are upheld.
As specialists in inheritance and succession planning, STEP members draft wills and trusts, administer estates, act as trustees and advise families on how best to structure their finances to ensure compliance and preserve their assets for future generations.
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