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Save time, money, and energy by managing foreseeable legal risks

Are you ready to build greater resilience into your business?

The risk landscape has changed dramatically over the last 10 years. Cyberattacks, a global pandemic, consumers demanding increased transparency – the weight of legal risk is heavier than ever before.

Perhaps you have a niggling feeling things could be more secure, or maybe you:

  • are ready to expand or change your business (for example, restructuring or encouraging more remote work)

  • have recently been through a legal matter that might affect your insurances or workplace policies and procedures

  • are undergoing ISO accreditations

  • have to adapt to a change in regulation or Award.

No matter what the situation, you don’t just need the right advice, but practical support to manage the issue at hand, and set you up for future success.

Areas of legal risk

As a generalist who really “gets” business, I start with the area of most concern, then consider how different risks may overlap and compound into a bigger issue.

  • Business structure, ensuring your structures provide appropriate chains of command, accountability and management oversight to reduce risk.

  • Practical legal support in employment matters including performance management, unfair dismissals, worker’s compensation or improper termination.

  • General compliance, including licences, work health and safety, Fair Work and other industry related compliance matters.

  • Policy and procedure review and development, to keep the policies that govern your business up-to-date with what’s actually happening day-to-day.

  • Relationship management with clients, including developing strong client agreements.

  • HR support including policies and procedures related to grievances, performance management, award interpretation and workers compensation.

  • Strategic planning, including internal risk management planning and industry specific risk management and response plans.

  • Privacy and IT policy development, to keep your business safe.

  • Contract management including supplier agreements, leases and insurances, so you know you’re appropriately covered.

How it works

Get all the benefits of in-house legal counsel without the commitment and burden of building a legal team.

You’ll get cost effective, high quality legal services delivered in a flexible way. And you’ll know exactly what to expect with a fixed fee, and fixed term contract running from 3 days up to one month.

Our work together will move through 3 phases.

1. Uncover and understand risk

No doubt, you’re reading this because you’ve identified a potential risk in your business, or have a niggling feeling something isn’t right.

I will do an assessment of the issue you’ve identified, and ways to resolve or mitigate the risk.

As part of this work, I will get a good understanding of your business, and the policies and processes you already have in place. I’ll help you understand the scope of the legal risk, and whether it’s isolated, or might impact different areas of your business.

2. Report and recommend

I will make appropriate recommendations to remediate any existing risk and guard against foreseeable legal risk in the future. 

We’ll go through your recommendations in detail. Don’t expect a document of legal jargon, but a conversation about where to avoid danger and find opportunity. 

Every issue in business presents an opportunity. Part of my job is to help you identify those opportunities, and make a plan with you to save costs, pursue growth or streamline operations.

3. Take action

Whether you want me on-site or out-of-sight, I’ll work as a member of your team to make sure that foreseeable legal risks are considered and managed.

It’s time to implement any recommendations, or support your team as they do the same. The work might look like:

  • supporting you through current matters like an employee claim

  • developing HR policies considering things like safety, performance management and termination

  • writing codes of conduct

  • supporting you to restructure your team for reduced legal risk.

Let’s work together to improve the resilience of your business.

How much are legal risks costing you each year?

Each time you mismanage an employee, contract, insurance of safety matter (often through no fault of your own) there is a compounding cost.

These costs include:

  • cost of time

  • cost of money

  • potential for employee dissatisfaction.

Small things can quickly snowball into big disruptions to your business, cashflow, and growth.

It’s difficult for any business to manage all their legal risks – at the right time – without outside help. That’s why you have an accountant and other service providers to support you. 

Why not get a lawyer in your corner as well?