Legal advice for recruiters
Legal advice for recruiters
Fast, on-demand advice on recruitment law, compliance practice and employment law from specialists who understand how recruitment agencies and employment businesses work.
Legal advice
Your in house legal team for recruitment and employment
Recruitment businesses are fast moving. Whether your question concerns the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations, other legal or compliance rules, best practice, contract terms, worker tax, IR35, employment issues, or wider employment law, our recruitment sector experts will give you a prompt, accurate response.
We always consider the commercial picture as well as the legal one, giving you the edge you need to secure the result you want.
Whatever your size or business model, think of us as your in-house legal team. Sign up to our discounted recruitment legal helpline or simply use us on an ad hoc basis.
Legal expertise, commercial insight
Recruitment law specialists since 1997
For nearly 30 years we have specialised in legal and compliance advice for recruitment agencies of all shapes and sizes, backed by practical, hands-on support.
Our advice comes from real-world experience built over decades, not AI-generated answers. We share that experience with our clients to help them reduce risk across their operations and improve their results.
As well as providing specialist contracts and advice, our services include
- Reviewing, negotiating and amending client contracts and other third-party agreements
- Advising on employment issues, and providing employment tribunal representation
- Resolving disputes our clients have with their clients, workers and contractors
Your clients' contract terms checked
Client contract review for recruitment agencies
Today many end user clients want to operate on their own terms. Our contract review service reduces approval delays, saves you valuable time and protects your financial interests.
Send us your clients’ contracts and our specialists will quickly identify any legal and commercial risks, including:
- Hidden liabilities and indemnities
- Exposure to fee loss or unexpected costs
- IR35 and contractor compliance issues
- Any other terms that could put your business at risk
Choose our review and amend service, and we’ll fix the problems. You’ll have an expertly vetted and professionally drafted contract geared to protect your interests.
You’ll have questions, so we’ve answered some of them here.
If your question doesn’t appear, please feel free to get in touch. We’ll happily provide the answer.
Our clients
Testimonials
Lawspeed has proved to be invaluable to us when facing legal and commercial challenges and everyday risks. The legal
...support team is always approachable and professional giving expert legal advice. Businesses need access to excellent legal advice with reasonable pricing that is cost effective and completely transparent, and Lawspeed delivers on all fronts.
Duncan Cameron
Lawspeed has been supporting Marlin Hawk for several years, they always respond swiftly to our requirements, have been
...instrumental in guiding us through numerous changes in legislation and can be relied upon to ensure that we are well prepared to advise our clients. We would not hesitate to recommend them.
Trevor Moulton
Lawspeed have provided matchless, expert support over the past 15 years. We have relied heavily on Lawspeed’s
...skills and incisive interpretation, advice and robust contracts they have provided. Our clients sought increased comfort with IR35 issues and Statutory obligations to PAYE workers; and were wholly reassured by Lawspeed’s unrivalled reputation in employment related legal matters.
Steve Mills
We couldn’t recommend Lawspeed highly enough. Everyone is professional and personable, and we’re always made to feel
...secure, you can’t put a price on that. Certainly the best legal and compliance specialists we have ever used and we wouldn’t hesitate to recommend you all to our associates and friends.
Steve Rackley
We have been using the services of Lawspeed for over 20 years, we have always found them to be very prompt and extremely
...thorough in answering whatever employment or recruitment related queries we may have. The Lawspeed team has been very reliable with the maintenance of our candidate and client terms, ensuring that they are fully fit for purpose and include all the legislative updates. In recent times they have also invested heavily in its online portal to make it easier for us to access their agreements and easily trace any changes made to our agreements . For these reasons, we can always trust Lawspeed to provide an excellent level of service and we hope to continue using them for many years to come.
Sadeq Rahman
We have been a Lawspeed customer since 2015 and have consistently used their services since. We currently
...utilise a number of their contracts to provide services across numerous sectors and do so safe in the knowledge that as a business we are complying with the latest legislation and protecting the business interests as much as we can. We have also engaged with Lawspeed to provide in house training across a number of subjects to our consultants, such as IR35, GDPR, and Employment Law. This was delivered by experts who clearly know what they are talking about and have a passion for the subject.
Andrew Jukes
The entire process with Lawspeed has been an absolute dream!I would not hesitate for a second to recommend
...Lawspeed to any up and coming or existing recruitment agency, they are genuinely brilliant and I can’t see myself going anywhere else!
Benjamin Jarvis
New Millennia have been utilising the services of Lawspeed for over 15 years. They have a wealth of knowledge
...within the recruitment sector and are always happy to assist whether you have contract queries, amendments, provision of specific business terms and the ongoing management of these contracts. I would highly recommend Lawspeed to any recruitment business.
Paul O’Rourke
We have worked with Lawspeed using a number of their services including their specialist retained contract
...service and ad hoc contract reviews, they are also the first people we turn to when we have an employment law or legislation related question. The responsiveness is excellent, and we trust their opinion implicitly. We have worked with Lawspeed for over 10 years, so they must be doing something right!
Alun Jones
Lawspeed have not just been a great support but also a great asset to my business. They keep us abreast on changes in
...legislation and continually update our contracts accordingly. Being covered from a legal standpoint by leading experts in employment law, is essential in this ever changing market. The team at Lawspeed are experts, professional and always there, to help when required. I highly recommend them.
Liz Reid-Martin
TRS have worked with Lawspeed for many years and they have always been reliable, ahead of the curve of legal
...updates / positioning and offering us continuous support when and where needed.
Phil Hackett
