The Three You Answer To
LPC, FICA and POPIA — designed in, not bolted on.
A law firm's website carries professional-conduct, anti-money-laundering and data-protection obligations at the same time. We engineer for all three.
The Legal Practice Council sets conduct and advertising standards attorneys and advocates must meet — how you may market, what you may claim, and how you represent your firm. FICA makes law firms accountable institutions for client identification and due diligence, which is best captured cleanly at digital intake rather than chased on paper later. And POPIA sits over everything a legal matter touches — privileged, confidential, often high-stakes personal information that cannot leak through an insecure form or an unencrypted inbox. A website built as a system solves all three at once; a template solves none of them.
What You Get
A secure client portal, not a risk.
- A secure client & matter portal — documents, messages and updates behind proper access control
- Digital FICA intake that captures client due diligence correctly from the first contact
- E-signature workflows for engagement letters and mandates
- LPC-appropriate content — professional and substantiated, never over-claimed
- Encrypted transmission and storage for privileged information, on South African soil
- POPIA-compliant enquiry and consultation forms linked to your privacy policy
Part of our broader Legal Practice IT & POPIA work — built on the same engineered business-systems methodology, so it's measured on instructions won, not bounce rate.
Common Questions
Straight answers.
What are the LPC rules on advertising a firm online?
The Legal Practice Council sets professional-conduct standards for how practitioners may market and what they may claim. We build your content to present the firm strongly while staying within those standards, rather than exposing you to a conduct complaint.
Can we handle FICA onboarding through the website?
Yes — and it's far cleaner done at digital intake. We build the client due-diligence capture into onboarding so identification and verification are collected and stored properly from the first contact, rather than reconstructed later.
Is an ordinary contact form safe for legal enquiries?
No. Legal enquiries are often privileged and sensitive. We build encrypted, POPIA-compliant intake with logged consent and secure storage, so a first message to your firm doesn't become an exposure.
Do we own the website and the data?
Completely. Code, hosting and data are handed over to you — a permanent firm asset, never rented or held hostage.