A hard stop. The screen runs against current and former clients and against the counterparties named in the opportunity, and it cannot be waived by the pursuing partner — only by someone with no interest in winning the work.
The automation position here is a `branch`: the search itself is unattended, and the disposition of a hit is not. See the steps below.
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State
What
Position or reason
Owner
contested
Data: Client
Three claimants. CRM holds the relationship, practice holds the engagement party, finance holds the billing entity. All three are edited independently.
Managing Partner
Boundary
Trigger (in)
A qualified opportunity, before any proposal is issued.
Output (out)
A conflict clearance, a declined opportunity, or an escalation to the Managing Partner.
Requires
opportunity-qualified
Produces
conflicts-cleared
Floor: can this run itself
Position
branch
Manual because
risk
Basis
The search is unattended and the disposition of a hit is not. Stated at stage level this would be a lie in both directions, which is why there are steps.
Confirmed by
nobody named
Steps
#
Step
Position
Manual because
Basis
1
Run conflicts search
unattended
Deterministic search against a known client and counterparty list. No judgement.
2
Disposition a conflict hit
person
risk
A hit is not a conflict. Whether it is turns on matters not in any system: what the former engagement covered, whether information barriers hold, what the client would reasonably expect.
Behaviour: what runs it
Systems
Conflicts search, Contacts
Data
Dataset
Authoritative source
Also in
State
Owner
Conflict check record
Conflicts search
S, Y, S, -, D, M, S, -, A, R, C, H
settled
Risk and Compliance
Contact
Contacts
S, Y, S, -, P, S, A, -, E, N, G
settled
Commercial Lead
Client
none
Contacts, Engagement register, Billing and receivables
contested
Managing Partner
Rules: what is decided here
ID
Rule
State
Enforced by
Basis
Owner
RUL-07
Conflicts are screened before any proposal is issued
defined
Conflicts search
Hard gate. Professional conduct obligation.
Risk and Compliance
RUL-08
The pursuing partner cannot clear their own conflict
defined
Conflicts Partner role
Separation of duties. Clearance sits with a partner who has no interest in winning the work.
Managing Partner
RUL-09
Search covers former clients and named counterparties
defined
Conflicts search
Configured search scope.
Risk and Compliance
RUL-10
A conflict hit is dispositioned by a person
defined
Conflicts Partner role
The search is unattended; the judgement is not. See the level 3 steps.
Risk and Compliance
RUL-11
Only the Managing Partner may override a conflict decision