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Toxic cultures are closely related to poor ethical behaviours. When a person is subjected to bullying, harassment or unreasonable pressure they are more likely to get themselves into regulatory [...]

Hurry if you want to respond to the SRA consultations on fining powers and SIF closure Rachael Eyre summarises the important regulatory changes proposed in the latest SRA consultations, closing [...]

Rachael Eyre summarises the important regulatory changes proposed in the latest SRA consultations, closing soon.  SRA Consultation 1: Financial penalties The SRA is consulting on their fining. [...]

Time to update your firm wide risk assessment (FWRA) All law firms caught by the Money Laundering Regulations must have a firmwide risk assessment (FWRA). FWRAs are the backbone of money [...]

Samantha Bray discusses the SRA Transparency Rules and the lessons learned reviewing hundreds of law firm websites. Just before Christmas, the SRA sent out a considerable number of letters to law [...]

All law firms caught by the Money Laundering Regulations must have a firmwide risk assessment (FWRA). FWRAs are the backbone of money laundering compliance. They inform compliance officers where [...]

The Top 10 Compliance Topics of 2021 This free COLP resource is an overview of December’s monthly compliance webinar from the Jonathon Bray team. Sign up to our newsletter for invitations to [...]

This free COLP resource is an overview of December’s monthly compliance webinar from the Jonathon Bray team. Sign up to our newsletter for invitations to future events. We called it [...]

Acting for buyer and seller – Can you? Should you? The SRA says solicitors should not “generally” be acting for buyer and seller due to client conflict concerns. But is that correct?  At [...]

The SRA says solicitors should not “generally” be acting for buyer and seller due to client conflict concerns. But is that correct?  At the recent SRA COLP & COFA conference (Your compliance [...]