SB LEGAL COSTS LTD
LEGAL COSTS AND TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES
TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES
Debi provides the transcription and secretarial services. She has 30 years’ experience in this field, including 22 years in the city of London, working as a PA to Partners and Fee Earners in firms such as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Kemp Little.
Aside from Debi's experience within the company in dealing with Bills of Costs, Points of Dispute, Replies and other Assessment documents, she has very extensive experience of commercial/corporate, employment, litigation, tax and trust, probate, medical negligence, personal injury, family, matrimonial, domestic conveyancing and criminal.
Debi has a detailed knowledge of most Case Management Systems, which include the following:
ALB
Axxia
DPS Cloud
iManage
Osprey
Partner for Windows
Peppermint
Proclaim
SoS
Debi is equally able to receive dictations via email and return them the same way.
Debi’s experience runs from just basic dictation and production of standard documents and letters, to pleadings, transcribing multi party audio dictations and complex document production.
SERVICES
Basic dictation
General routine day to day letters, memos, Attendance Notes, Court documents such as pleadings, Instructions to Counsel etc, written advices/opinions.
Copy typing
Typing from handwritten notes/amended documents; copy typing legal agreements, and inputting manuscript amendments to documents.
Multi party transcriptions
Considerable experience of transcribing multi party meetings/interviews and more recently video conferencing transcribing.
Document production
Detailed knowledge of dealing with large complex documents, including corporate agreements, SPAs, ability to reformat corrupt documents and reformatting documents into the firm's house style.
Medical transcriptions
Typing up of medical reports, articles, journals and correspondence.
CHARGING STRUCTURE
Standard 24 hour turnaround £1.10 per audio minute
Out of hours (by prior agreement) £1.20 per audio minute
Multi party transcriptions I prefer to listen to the dictation first and then quote for this as the cost depends on the quality of the recording, number of speakers etc but as an average is around £1.50 per audio minute
Medical transcriptions Additional 10 pence per audio minute
Working on client's system A Additional 10 pence per audio minute
Document Production Work £25 per hour
SECURITY
The security of any instructions or work received is of paramount importance. The computer on which all work is completed for clients is for the exclusive use of Debi. The computer is password-protected and has the latest daily updating antivirus software installed. Any documents created on the computer are permanently and securely deleted 21 days after completion (or sooner if the client wishes) and no documentation is ever printed unless specifically requested.