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Welcome to this week’s COLP Insider. In this edition, we look at the themes and lessons emerging from the latest COLP COFA conference, where the SRA’s approach to humility and accountability [...]

By Sophie Cisler Earlier this year, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) conducted a thematic review of firms offering estate administration services. While the final review is still pending [...]

Last week’s COLP COFA conference was marked by chords that seemed oddly out of tune with the expectations of its audience. As Elton John might say, it seems “sorry seems to be the hardest [...]

It’s been a busy week in legal regulation! The big news of course was that the LSB (finally) published the independent “Axiom Ince report”, resulting in unprecedented [...]

Our latest webinar (“Practical guidance on source of funds”) tackled the challenges and nuances of handling source of funds (SoF) inquiries, an essential part of anti-money laundering [...]

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has published a thematic review focused on anti-money laundering (AML) training in law firms. This review is a timely reminder that training plays a [...]

“How many legal regulators does it take to fix a lightbulb?” “Just one… but only after an independent review finds that it’s broken.” The long-overdue independent [...]

Welcome to the latest edition of COLP Insider In this edition, we dive into the latest on SRA fines, practice renewal reminders, and a hot topic—whether sham litigation is truly a money [...]

Sophie is a qualified solicitor (now non-practising). She originally practised in the Tax and Succession department of a national firm before taking on the compliance roles in a newly-formed ABS. [...]