Resourcing
More capacity.
Instantly.
The legal support your firm needs — in place and working from day one. No hiring, no waiting, no overwhelm.
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You don't have a talent problem. You have a capacity problem.
Recruitment takes months
By the time a permanent hire is advertised, interviewed and served their notice, the backlog has grown and partners are doing paralegal work. There is no version of this that ends well for a busy firm.
A cost before they bill a penny
PAYE, NI, holiday pay, a new desk, IT setup and months of training — before a single matter progresses. The loaded cost of a permanent hire falls on you from day one, regardless of whether the work is there.
Work that can't wait
Files stall, enquiries go cold and fee earners cover work that's below their rate. The work doesn't disappear when you don't have the hands — it sits there, costing you money you've already earned.
The shift
Add capacity without adding headcount.
Every placement is in place and working from day one — no hiring cycle, no employment overhead, no long-term commitment.
Capacity in days
Working support in place from day one — not a three-month hiring cycle. We handle the matching, the vetting and the introduction so you go from brief to working paralegal in days, not quarters.
No recruitment
No job ads, no CV piles, no interview marathons. We bring the people — assessed by a practising partner before you ever meet them — so your time goes on choosing, not sourcing.
No employment liability
No PAYE, no holiday cover, no HR overhead, no disciplinary exposure. You add capacity without adding a permanent line to your headcount — and you can stand it down whenever the work changes.
Scale up & down
Add hands when work spikes, stand them down when it eases. You're never overstaffed through a quiet patch, and you're never short when a matter lands. The capacity moves with the work, not against it.
Billed monthly
One predictable monthly cost with nothing hidden. No upfront recruitment fee, no notice period, no penalty for scaling down. You know exactly what you're paying before the month starts.
From £18/hour
A fraction of the loaded cost of a permanent hire — and far less than fee-earner time spent on admin. Put a paralegal on the work that clogs your team's day and the billing calculation takes care of itself.
What they handle
Everything that shouldn't
be on a fee earner's desk.
Hand over the work that eats your team's day and slows your files down. Picture what comes off the desk.
File progression
Moving matters through their standard milestones, under supervision
Drafting
Letters, witness statements, standard correspondence and forms
Legal research
Case law, regulatory and background research to brief
Disclosure
Document review, chronologies and disclosure management
Bundling
Court and trial bundles prepared to counsel specification
Client liaison
Chasing documents, progress updates and routine client queries
Intake & case handling
Qualifying new enquiries and opening files cleanly
Legal admin
ID and AML checks, file opening and closing, compliance admin
The recovery angle
Start them on the work
you've already paid for.
Most firms are sitting on money they've already won and never collected: dormant files that stalled, enquiries that came in and were never worked, matters parked because no one had the hours.
Put a placement on exactly that work and it pays for itself. A £200-an-hour fee earner can't justify chasing a £150 enquiry. A placed paralegal can — and chasing it is suddenly worth it.
Dormant files
Matters that stalled for lack of hours — restarted and progressed
Unworked enquiries
Leads that came in and were never followed up — picked up and qualified
Parked WIP
Work in progress sitting idle — moved forward and billed
How it works
Three steps. Days, not months.
Quick call
Tell us the practice area, the work that needs handling and how much capacity you need. Ten minutes is usually enough.
Meet vetted candidates
We put forward people who already fit — assessed and ready. You meet them and choose. No unvetted CVs.
They start — supervised
Your chosen support starts under your supervision, working your files. Month to month. Stand it down whenever you need.
No risk to you
If it isn't right, it's on us to fix.
14-day replacement guarantee
If a placement isn't the right fit in the first two weeks, we replace them free — no quibble, no extra cost. You're never stuck with someone who isn't working out.
SLA-backed cover
Cover for planned and unplanned absence so the work doesn't stop, plus committed response times. Capacity you can rely on, not capacity that disappears when someone's off.
Roles we place
The right level for the work.
Paralegal
File progression, drafting, research, disclosure and bundling under fee-earner supervision.
Legal Assistant
Document preparation, correspondence and the day-to-day support that keeps matters moving.
Intake / Case Handler
Qualifying enquiries, opening files and handling cases through their early stages.
Legal Admin
ID and AML checks, file management, compliance admin and the back-office workload.
Why this is safe
UK-based and partner-vetted. Not offshore.
This is the part that matters. Offshore staffing sends your files out of the jurisdiction to people you've never assessed. We do the opposite — UK-based support, vetted by a practising partner, working under your supervision and your insurance.
UK-based
Your files never leave the UK. Every placement is UK-based and works to UK practice.
Partner-vetted
Every candidate is assessed by a practising partner before they ever reach you.
Supervised
You keep control. Unreserved work only, under the supervision of a fee earner at your firm.
SRA-aware
Placed in a structure that respects the SRA outsourcing rules — not a workaround.
Common questions
Before you ask — here are the honest answers.
Straight answers about how we work, what to expect and what it costs.
Still have questions? We're happy to talk through your specific situation — no pitch, no pressure.
Get Started
More capacity,
by this time next week.
Tell us the work that needs handling and how much capacity you need. We'll come back with people who fit — usually within one working day.
UK-based
Files never leave the UK
Partner-vetted
Assessed by a practising partner before you meet them
Supervised
Unreserved work, under your control
Month to month
Scale up or down, no long tie-ins
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