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£72 - £96
+ VAT

£72 - £96
+ VATDelivered Online
1 hour 30 minutes
All levels
This short, practical course introduces the essentials of business continuity planning and testing for law firms, with a focus on proportionate, workable arrangements rather than overly complex or theoretical plans.
Participants will explore the key risks that most commonly disrupt practices, including IT failure, cyber incidents, staff absence, loss of premises, and critical supplier failure, and how these risks interact with regulatory duties, client care obligations, and professional indemnity considerations.
The session will guide firms through the core elements of an effective Business Continuity Plan (BCP), including identifying critical functions, prioritising services, setting realistic recovery objectives, and ensuring staff know what to do when something goes wrong. We’ll also discuss how to undertake an effective tabletop BCP test.
The emphasis is on creating a plan that is usable in a crisis, regularly reviewed, and aligned with the firm’s size, structure, and risk profile.
Partners, directors, and owners of law firms
Practice managers and operations managers
Compliance Officers for Legal Practice (COLPs) and Compliance Officers for Finance and Administration (COFAs)
Senior administrators with responsibility for risk, compliance, or operational resilience
A copy of the course notes and slides will be provided to all delegates which may be useful for ongoing reference.
Please note a recording of the course will not be made available.
Matthew Howgate, Consultant, DG Legal
Matt is a non-practising solicitor who has considerable experience in regulatory issues and advising on complex issues of compliance and ethics. He is also an expert in data protection, UK GDPR and on the civil legal aid scheme.
Matthew is a lead trainer on and co-developed the LAPG Certificate in Practice Management (a training programme for legal managers and law firm owners) as well as regularly providing training on legal aid Supervision, costs maximisation, data protection and security and on general SRA compliance.
Yes, prior to the event a link will be sent to the email address used to register for the course so please ensure the delegate details are correct.
You may also wish to save the domain @system.cademy.io as a safe sender to avoid emails containing access details and handouts from being diverted to junk/spam folders.
No, a recording will not be made available.
No, recording the training session is not allowed. If you attempt to record the session or are found to be recording the event, you may be removed from the session and you will not be eligible for a refund.
For our Premier Training courses, please email us at teamadmin@dglegal.co.uk after the event if you require a certificate of attendance.
The slides will be distributed by email after the event.
You may also wish to save the domain @system.cademy.io as a safe sender to avoid emails containing access details and handouts from being diverted to junk/spam folders.
Yes and these will be distributed by email after the event.
You may also wish to save the domain @system.cademy.io as a safe sender to avoid emails containing access details and handouts from being diverted to junk/spam folders.
The majority of delegates should choose the General Delegate rate.
A discount is available for delegates attending from firms with a current retainer contract with DG Legal i.e. firms that are paying a monthly or annual subscription for our Retainer Service (please contact us by emailing admin@dglegal.co.uk for confirmation of eligibility). If you choose the Retainer Delegate option and are not eligible, you are still bound to pay the full rate and will be invoiced accordingly.
