Accreditations
STEP
Our Bethan Richards is a full STEP member and is therefore a recognised expert in inheritance and succession planning.
As a specialist in these areas, Bethan drafts wills and trusts, administers estates, acts as trustee and advises families on how best to structure their finances to ensure compliance and preserve their assets for future generations.
By joining STEP and maintaining her membership Bethan has also shown significant commitment to her continued professional development in this specialist area to ensure that she is up to date with the latest legal, technical and regulatory developments that may affect you and your situation.
Bethan is subject to an extensive Code of Professional Conduct, requiring her to act with integrity and in a manner that inspires the confidence, respect and trust of her clients and of the wider community.
CQS (Conveyancing Quality Scheme)
The Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) is a recognised quality standard for residential conveyancing practices.
It sets out the standards of competence, risk management and client service levels expected of practices.
The Law Society introduced CQS to promote high standards in the home buying process.
CQS improves efficiency with common, consistent standards and service levels and enables consumers to recognise practices that provide a quality residential conveyancing service.
We underwent rigorous assessment by the Law Society in order to secure CQS status and are required to undergo regular training and assessment to show that we retain a high level of expertise and knowledge in the field.
SFE (Solicitors For the Elderly)
Our Bethan Richards has been recognised with national accreditation for her expertise in legal support for older and vulnerable clients, their families and carers.
The accreditation is awarded by SFE (Solicitors for the Elderly), the organisation setting the standards for the highest quality legal advice in specialist areas, such as wills, probate, inheritance tax planning and powers of attorney.
To achieve accreditation, Bethan was required to undertake assessment to demonstrate solid understanding of the specific needs and considerations required when safeguarding and protecting older clients’ interests.
Bethan Haf Richards is the SFE accredited member at ADVE
Cyber Essentials
Cyber Essentials is a government-backed, industry-supported scheme to help organisations protect themselves against common online threats and comprises of a set of basic technical controls organisations should have in place to protect themselves against common online security threats.
As well as helping to guard our organisation against cyber attack, Cyber Essentials demonstrates our commitment to cyber security to our clients.
Certification gives you peace of mind that our defences will protect against the vast majority of common cyber attacks simply because these attacks are looking for targets which do not have the Cyber Essentials technical controls in place.
The Welsh Offer
The Welsh Offer is recognition by the Welsh Language Commissioner given to organisations with a strong Welsh Language Plan.
Welsh is the first language of the majority of our staff and therefore using Welsh is very important to us as a company. Being part of our local community is also important to us and being able to provide a Welsh language service is a big part of enabling us to do so.
We are happy to discuss and advise upon the majority of matters in Welsh and are happy for our clients to correspond with us in Welsh. We are also able to send our clients written correspondence in Welsh in relation to mostmatters.