The legal story so far... Boogles Ltd was formed in May 2004 with 150 pounds by entrepreneur, Lisa Newton, who could see that solicitors were being badly served by the cashiers/ bookkeepers in the market, and so 'Boogles Legals' was formed. Irene Danso heads Boogles Legals as a division. Irene
started her career in 1990 as a trainee Legal Cashier for a small firm of
solicitors, whose main area of Law was Conveyancing and Criminal. The work
involved opening and closing client matters and allocating receipts and
payments. At the time Irene didn’t realise that a Legal Cashier was a
specialised area in accounts and that they were few and far between. This made
her want to go out there and gain more experience with different sized law
firms. Irene then went on to work for Evill and Coleman a PI Law firm, in a
role, which was similar to what she was doing previously.
Following this, Irene felt that she needed a role with more responsibility and got a job as a Semi Senior Legal Cashier at Bachelors solicitors. After spending a few years there and her legal experience and knowledge getting wider, she was employed at Linklaters as a Client Cashier Supervisor. Working for Linklaters meant SAR & Money Laundering training was a must. Irene stayed at Linklaters for two years, but realised that when working in large firms - you were just a number. She didn’t feel she was using the other areas of her Legal Cashiering experience to her full potential.
Irene then moved on to work for Plexus Law a medium sized
firm and then Colemans Solicitors as a Legal Accounts Manager. It was here that
Irene was given the opportunity to use all her years of experience, skills and
knowledge. She was able to bring up to scratch a failing accounts department,
who went on to win a company award team of the year.
Irene implemented new accounts procedures and systems, trained solicitors, support and accounts staff on accounts systems and company accounts procedures, provided solicitors/management with weekly and monthly reports. Ensured all accounts transactions were carried out with accordance to the Solicitors Accounts Rules (SARs).
Irene ensures she is kept up to date with SARs. She has recently been on a SAR refresher course and solicitors VAT course. She is a member of the Institute of Legal Cashiers and Administrators (ILCA).
