Client
Sovereign Solicitors Limited
Sector
Legal Services
Regulator
Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA No. 440958)
Location
Shipley, West Yorkshire
Services Provided
Migration & Modernization, Managed Operations, Security & Resilience
The Challenge
Live casework running on ageing, on-premise infrastructure
Sovereign Solicitors, an SRA-regulated law firm, was running day-to-day casework on a legacy on-premise data centre — infrastructure that carried real operational risk the longer it stayed in place, but also couldn’t simply be switched off and replaced overnight without disrupting live client matters.
As a regulated legal practice, the firm also had specific expectations around data security and continuity that a straightforward lift-and-shift wouldn’t satisfy on its own. The brief wasn’t just to move infrastructure to the cloud — it was to do so without interrupting active casework, and to leave the firm in a stronger security and resilience position than the on-premise setup it replaced.
The Approach
Migrate, then manage and secure properly — not migrate and walk away
Migration & Modernization
We planned and executed the move off the legacy on-premise data centre onto secure, managed cloud infrastructure, sequencing the migration to avoid disruption to live casework rather than treating it as a single cut-over event.
Managed Operations
Once migrated, the environment moved into ongoing managed operations — ongoing monitoring, performance oversight, and cost control — so the firm has a cloud environment that's actively run, not simply handed over after go-live.
Security & Resilience
Given the firm's regulatory obligations, security and resilience were treated as core requirements rather than an add-on: appropriate cloud security controls and a disaster recovery and business continuity plan were put in place around the new environment.
The Outcome
Off legacy infrastructure, without interrupting a single working day
Sovereign Solicitors now runs on secure, managed cloud infrastructure instead of ageing on-premise hardware, with the migration carried out without disruption to ongoing casework. The firm’s environment is actively managed rather than left to run unattended, and a disaster recovery and business continuity plan is in place appropriate to a regulated legal practice.
Off legacy hardware
Migrated off ageing on-premise infrastructure onto secure, managed cloud.
Actively managed
Ongoing monitoring and performance oversight keep the environment running — not just delivered and left.
Recovery-ready
A disaster recovery and business continuity plan now sits behind live casework.
