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SRA annual corporate reporting gives key insight into regulator’s activity   Legal Professional Privilege: Reporting AML suspicions is “not black and white”   AML: [...]

Solicitors need to be careful not to breach legal professional privilege (LPP) when making disclosures under money laundering rules. That was the conclusion reached in a recent panel discussion [...]

This week the SRA published a snapshot of the profession and the regulator’s activities. The annual corporate reporting exercise – if nothing else – is an opportunity to find [...]

Essential Know How: Legal Professional Privilege Vs Regulatory Investigations In advance of our upcoming webinar (Legal Professional Privilege – what you need to know – register for free on [...]

Lexcel Consultant Samantha Bray goes into depth on law firm compliance plans. When was your law firm compliance plan last updated? 2011 was a shock to the system for solicitors. Remember when the [...]

In advance of our upcoming webinar (Legal Professional Privilege – what you need to know – register for free on Lexology here), Jeremy Phillips QC and Mark O’Brien [...]

SRA AML questionnaire – are you ready to answer these 13 questions? Law firms subject to the Money Laundering Regulations will shortly be required to submit an SRA AML questionnaire. The [...]

Law firms subject to the Money Laundering Regulations will shortly be required to submit an SRA AML questionnaire. The COLP will receive a link to complete the questionnaire in June, with a [...]

With mental health and wellbeing at the top of the regulatory agenda, law firm leaders should make sure their colleagues know where to get help when it is needed. Our profession is fortunate to [...]

The Law Society recently held a webinar on Chinese Underground Banking. Speakers included representatives from the National Economic Crime Centre, the NCA, the Law Society of Scotland and the [...]