FAQ

  • About Lincoln Regulatory Consulting

    What does LRC do?

    We help regulators and regulated organisations design, test, and operate robust compliance, enforcement, and governance systems—combining legal expertise with structured frameworks and pragmatic implementation.

    What makes you different?

    We use rigorously defined reference frameworks and decision tools to deliver repeatable, defensible results—avoiding “ad-hoc” advice.

    Who engages you?

    Regulators, integrity agencies, and safety/environment authorities; plus regulated entities seeking independent review, policy uplift, or training.

  • Services & Typical Use Cases

    What services do you provide?

    Compliance & enforcement model design (matrices, decision trees, policy suites)

    Program and process reviews

    KPI and due diligence evaluation for boards, directors and officers.

    Investigations and prosecutions support (manuals, workflows, QA)

    Legislative and policy rewrites with traceable citations

    Diagnostic reviews of documents and frameworks (public-safe and internal views)

    Complex document drafting and reviews

    Scenario-based training for authorised officers and executives

    Do you do end-to-end document suite reforms?

    Yes. We restructure frameworks, strategies, policies, procedures, and instructions (FSPPI), decommission legacy artefacts, and integrate compliance controls and testing workshops.

    Can you tailor to sector-specific regimes?

    Yes. Our methods generalise across sectors while preserving regime-specific obligations and terminology.

  • Methodology & Frameworks

    How do you ensure defensibility and clarity?

    We apply locked reference frameworks, preserve statutory and policy references verbatim, and enforce TOC-level alignment and obligation naming in rewrites.

    How do you manage proportionality and risk?

    We embed risk-based logic (e.g., AS ISO 31000 alignment) and our to map harm, culpability, priorities, and combination rules across tools (PNs, EUs, prosecutions, directions/orders, licence actions, civil penalties, charges).

    Do you validate coverage and eliminate gaps?

    Yes. We run bespoke frameworks, perform delta scans against expected domains, and flag any omissions or unverified content before sign-off.

  • Technology, AI & Automation

    Do you use AI?

    Yes—deliberately and transparently. We use AI to accelerate structured reviews, obligation extraction, scoring, and drafting—but every output is governed by safeguards and human legal oversight. We are happy to provide our policies and compliance data on request.

    What safeguards are in place?

    Mandatory citation and quote tracking for legislation/policy

    Hallucination/verification flags for legal content

    Security and IP controls for client artefacts

    Split outputs: a client-safe diagnostic view and an internal detailed view

    Can you integrate with our tools?

    We deliver Word/Google Docs, Notion-ready tables, and static HTML/PDF reports. We can also register artefacts in your document control and provide lightweight automations.

  • Engagement Model, Deliverables & Pricing

    What does a typical engagement look like?

    Discovery → structured scan/diagnostic → co-design of target state → redraft/build → validation workshop(s) → final handover (documents, matrices, training, and implementation notes).

    What deliverables should we expect?

    Locked policies/procedures/manuals with traceable sources

    Decision matrices/trees and reference frameworks

    Diagnostic scorecards (light client view) and detailed internal review packs

    Training materials and scenario packs for officers and leaders

    How do you price?

    Fixed-fee packages for clearly bounded deliverables; time-and-materials for iterative or exploratory work. We scope transparently and agree artefact lists and acceptance criteria upfront.

  • Confidentiality, Security & IP

    How do you handle sensitive material?

    We maintain strict confidentiality, and align with your security policies. Client data is compartmentalised and not reused without permission.

    Who owns the outputs?

    You own your bespoke artefacts. LRC retains ownership of its underlying frameworks and methods; we license any embedded framework elements needed to operate your deliverables.

    Can you watermark or control distribution?

    Yes. We can apply visible/invisible watermarking, version tags, and licence notices across PDF/HTML/Docs to support your IP governance.