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On the UK’s hottest day on record, our Rachael Eyre attended the ICO’s data protection conference along with 2000 other people. Thankfully for her, it was a remote event. These are [...]

Back to basics: Solicitors undertakings – your word is your bond This week’s free compliance webinar was all about solicitors undertakings. A topic which fundamentally underpins many legal [...]

This week’s free compliance webinar was all about solicitors undertakings. A topic which fundamentally underpins many legal services, but which is often taken for granted. The webinar [...]

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 [...]