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What is a non-practising solicitor / legal consultancy
In this post, we'll look at the difference between non-practising solicitors and law firms and when you can consider using one or the other for your legal advice.
What is a legal consultancy?
It’s law, done differently.
One way to ensure that you receive good legal advice is to use a decent firm of solicitors. Of course, like any service provider, having a qualification and premises doesn’t always translate to quality advice or service.
However, there are many occasions when you do not need a law firm (and some when you do and we would always point you in the right direction if work extends beyond our capabilities or remit.
With a legal consultancy, you receive good, robust legal advice (obviously that depends on who the consultant is – take a look at our experience and decide for yourself), but you are not paying for an office, a secretary, a Christmas party and a car park full of Jaguars.
Legal consultancy businesses are not regulated by the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority. You can find out more about what this means in our FAQ section, too. This means that they can operate lean, are not restricted by regulation and can provide a commercial side to their advice that a practising solicitor may be prevented from doing. Indeed, many legal consultants have worked in both law and business, providing a perfect insight into what type of advice clients actually need and a deep understanding of the importance of cost and certainty to a business owner.
Legal consultancy businesses are growing around the country. We believe there are two main reasons for this:
- Clients are looking to reduce their legal spend and these businesses answer that need by operating on a low-cost basis (outside the restrictions and costs placed on a law firm by the Solicitors Regulation Authority). As such, legal consultancies can pass on the cost-savings to clients while still providing robust legal advice.
- In the modern world of flexible working, many solicitors look to leave private legal practice (which often doesn’t fit well with family / hobbies / lifestyle) and set out on their own. A legal consultancy enables them to do so, offering clients the same level of legal advice they would do from their firm of solicitors but on a flexible working basis.
It is important to note that law firms are not redundant in the new world of legal consultancies. Many law firms and solicitors do a great, essential job. However, you don’t always need a firm of solicitors for your legal work so contact us today to see if we can help. If we can’t, we’ll happily refer you to someone who can.
We are not a law firm and, therefore, are not authorised or regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. We provide legal advice through The Law Collective Limited, company number: 07729699
