Smartguard
Introducing a clearer distinction between risk and the confidence to manage it. Everything you expect from risk management but with a new language for understanding it.
Smartguard is part of the Orchard Rock family of legal technology solutions. Built on experience. Trusted by law firms across the UK.
A different way to understand, communicate and manage legal risk.
Risk itself has not become more complicated. The environment in which law firms operate has.
Firms are expected to demonstrate effective governance, evidence good professional practice and provide increasing levels of assuranceassurance to regulators, insurers and clients alike.
Instead of debating what a risk means, teams should focus on deciding what should happen next.
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The nature of a matter rarely changes. Confidence comes from how well it is managed.
Every legal matter begins with an inherent level of risk.
That risk rarely changes unless the nature of the matter itself changes. What does change is confidence that the appropriate safeguards are in place.
Too often, these two ideas become blurred. Improvements in risk management can unintentionally influence how the underlying risk is described, even when the inherent characteristics of the matter remain the same.
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Introducing
A second dimension for legal risk.
Temperature is a clearer way to describe how well legal risk is being managed.
| Matter | Initial Risk | ID Check | AML | Risk Assessment | Temperature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | High | ID check complete | AML check complete | Risk assessment complete | Hot Warm Cold |
| Conveyancing | Medium | ID check complete | AML check complete | Risk assessment complete | Warm Cold |
| Litigation | High | ID check complete | AML check complete | Risk assessment complete | Hot Warm |
As a matter progresses, the work that goes into it builds confidence — but not every task moves the needle in the same way. Temperature only shifts when understanding genuinely improves.
The inherent risk of a matter rarely changes. Confidence in its management does. Temperature is the language Smartguard uses to describe that confidence.
The more confident a firm is that risk is being managed effectively, the cooler the temperature.
Inherent risk very rarely changes. Confidence in its management does. Smartguard measures that confidence, and the control it represents.
SMARTGUARD
Familiar where it should be. Different where it matters.
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