One firm. No fee. Founding design partner.
We are selecting exactly one SRA-regulated firm in North West England to deploy Nexum Ledger as our founding design partner. Applications close Friday 15 August 2026.
The problem we solve
When a client asks you to erase personal data that the SRA Accounts Rules, the MLR, or a limitation period requires you to keep, someone in your firm makes a judgement call. When the ICO or the SRA later asks about it, most firms can only produce a file note written after the fact. Nexum Ledger seals each retain-or-erase decision at the moment it is made, in a form that holds up when tested, so the firm can show it decided lawfully rather than reconstruct it under pressure. Your documents never leave your systems.
What the founding partner receives
- Deployment and Clio Manage integration carried out personally by the founder, on site from our Liverpool base
- Weekly in-person check-ins for the duration of the pilot
- A 15-page compliance gap report on your retention and erasure practice
- Direct influence on the product roadmap while it is still being shaped
- No fee
In exchange we ask for two things: candid feedback, and if you are happy at the end, reference rights, one sentence we can quote.
Why this is worth an hour of your COLP's time
We have discussed this construction with the SRA's technology policy team twice this year. Their senior policy manager described it as very innovative, and when we raised the idea of a design-partner pilot they responded enthusiastically to the possibility of observing one. The underlying research is published on the IACR Cryptology ePrint archive and is heading for peer review. The platform is live, UK-hosted, and benchmarked at more than 10,000 events per second.
Who qualifies
SRA-regulated firms in North West England whose practice areas carry acute retention-versus-erasure tension: criminal and mental health law, family and childcare, immigration and asylum, personal injury and clinical negligence archives. Firm size does not matter; a single office is fine.
How to apply
Email jsjjd3690@gmail.com with the subject line Design partner and one sentence about your practice. We reply within two business days, the demonstration takes ninety seconds, and we will select one firm within a week of the 15 August deadline.
Nexum Ledger Ltd, registered in England and Wales, company number 17001897. Nexum Ledger is not a law firm and is not regulated by the SRA. The COLP of the participating firm authorises every step; compliance decisions remain the responsibility of the firm.