Security for Solicitor Chains and Multi-Branch Law Firms — Yorkshire

Law firms bring a security brief most installers never see: client files that carry legal privilege, completion-day funds sitting in branch safes, SRA confidentiality obligations, and partners who want a contractor in and out without disturbing client meetings. We work with solicitor and conveyancing chains across Yorkshire — Hull, Leeds, York, Sheffield and Lincoln — coordinating multi-branch rollouts through a single named account manager on 30-day commercial terms.

Access control built around legal-sector confidentiality

Paxton Net2 with role-based credentials is our default for law firms. Partner-only file rooms, server cupboards holding client data, archive storage and out-of-hours office entry each get separate permission groups, with audit trails exportable for SRA inspection. Visitor entry at the front desk is logged with photo capture, contractor access is time-limited to booked-in works, and a leaver's credential is revoked the same day they hand back their fob — not whenever someone remembers to update the spreadsheet.

CCTV that supports the firm's GDPR position

Camera placement deliberately avoids meeting rooms, private consultation areas and any zone where client data is visible on screen. Every install ships with a documented camera-position plan, a signage pack and a retention schedule — typically 30 days on a local encrypted NVR — ready to drop into the firm's data protection register. Footage stays on-premise rather than being pushed to overseas cloud servers, which matters when the recordings could capture legally privileged material.

Intruder alarms to the grade your insurer specifies

BS EN 50131 Grade 2 covers most high-street solicitor branches. Grade 3 is typical for city-centre offices, conveyancing firms holding completion-day funds and any branch storing client deeds in a safe. We design to whichever grade the policy schedule names, fit dual-path IP-plus-GSM signalling as standard, and supply the system certificate at commissioning so your broker has the evidence on file before renewal.

Multi-branch rollouts without the chaos

One named account manager owns the programme from first survey to final commissioning. Hardware is standardised across every branch so the firm's IT team learns a single platform, scheduling works around partner availability and client-meeting calendars, and the central asset register exports as CSV for COFA and COLP compliance records. Maintenance takeovers from a previous installer are routine — branches are audited with the existing systems live, a gap-analysis report flags any BS non-compliance, and the estate transitions onto annual servicing without a coverage gap.

Commercial terms that fit practice accounting

Standard 30-day terms apply to every solicitor account, with itemised PO-friendly invoices showing branch address, asset reference and labour breakdown — formatted for direct entry into practice-management accounting such as Quill, LEAP or Clio. Larger multi-branch capital projects can be staged across the financial cycle.

Arrange a multi-branch security audit — phone 01482 762545 or email info@flexteclimited.co.uk.