Lexcel 2025: We Are Excellent!

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We have recently had our annual maintenance visit from a Law Society assessor who confirmed that after a rigorous assessment we fully meet Version 6.1 of the Lexcel standard.

Lexcel stands for Legal Excellence. It is a Law Society kitemark to recognise law firms that demonstrate excellence in client care, compliance, and practice management. Holding this accreditation signifies that as a firm we adhere to high standards in these areas. It means if you choose to use Adams Harrison as your solicitor you can be sure of receiving a consistent, high-quality service. We have been found to operate efficiently and ethically.

The assessment process involves interviews with our Practice Manager, Managing Partner and a cross section of all staff as selected by the assessor. Files are subject to an audit for compliance and there is a review of all policies and procedures.

Absolutely no non-compliances were identified during the audit.

We received specific positive praise for the following areas of good practice:-

  • That we place very significant emphasis on levels of client care that we provide as evidenced from interviews with staff and the documentary evidence collected during the audit.
  • Evidence of very high standards of development and training of staff
  • Our Community and Social Responsibility Policy and for the work that we do in the local community.
  • The monitoring and safeguarding or the mental health of our staff
  • High standards of coaching, mentoring and support to our staff
  • Comprehensive information provided to staff about management and operations.
  • That we hold the Cyber Essential standard
  • The significant training we provide to staff around Cyber crime and associated issues
  • Our process and systems are extremely well embedded into the operations and culture of the firm
  • Extremely clear understanding from all lawyers on all aspects of risk as a result of highly effective and well implemented processes
  • File audit evidence shows very high levels of compliance have been achieved

We were told by the assessor we are an extremely well run and extremely well managed firm.