Professional Services
Practical advice and strategic support for providers of
professional services and their insurers.
As the providers of advice on which other
parties may base important decisions and undertake substantial
commitments, professional services providers are in a special,
often vulnerable position.
When disputes, complaints or claims arise,
they will usually need the support of a legal specialist.
Weightmans' Professional Services team
provides these services to a wide variety of disciplines across the
whole professional sector, including lawyers, accountants,
engineers, surveyors, architects, brokers and financial advisers,
as well as their insurers.
Our expert team can provide you with advice on
every area of risk and how to reduce them, along with cost
effective strategies for settling complaints and claims and the
investigation of regulatory breaches and disciplinary offences.
We have the experience and expertise to
resolve issues swiftly and efficiently, based on a firm
understanding of the commercial context of your particular
service.
compl-i - a
bespoke consultancy service for lawyers.
With ever increasing consumer awareness and
rigorously enforced regulation, lawyers in particular now face
significant risks to their reputation and livelihood through
disciplinary sanctions and an industry wide rise in claims and
complaints. This has the effect of reducing efficiency and
profitability and the potential to increase your professional
indemnity insurance premiums.
To avoid these issues draining your time,
resources and emotions, Weightmans have introduced compl-i, an
innovative and flexible package that provides law firms with expert
advice and assistance from a market leading team of specialists
with unrivalled experience.
We act for law firms of differing size,
structure and needs, from sole practitioners in need of help and
support in managing risk to larger partnerships/LLPs handling their
claims and complaints. One size does not fit all and we take great
care to ensure that the advice and support we give is appropriate
to your business needs.
A range of services are available and flexible
to meet both your needs and budget. These include an outsourced
claims and complaints handling service together with crucial
management information and data to show where any improvements can
be made; a customised consultancy service aimed at ensuring
regulatory compliance and risk awareness; general advice on systems
and procedures; advice and representation on regulatory matters; a
helpline for staff on compliance issues and the preparation and
delivery of any training which will help you reduce the risk to
your business.
“In dealing with compliance one must be
proactive through appropriate practises and procedures which must
be audited regularly. Problems must be dealt with in the most
appropriate manner. At Hammonds Direct we have no doubt that
Weightmans can provide value in both circumstances.''
Philip Harling
"professional but excellent value for money...gives a positive
financial outcome to our business"
Legal 500 2007
