The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 is quietly transforming Companies House from a passive registry into something more like a financial crime gatekeeper. At the heart of this [...]

If you joined our free AML workshop in November, you will already know Amelia Price. If not, here is the short version. Harbour Gate Legal LLP is a fictional regional firm we use as a case study. [...]

By Sophie Cisler “Personal financial challenges present firm level risks” This was the proposition put forward at the Wealthbrite launch event for their new report, Financial Well-Being in Law [...]

The SRA’s recent thematic review on source of funds and source of wealth compliance made for uncomfortable reading: most firms are trying, but too many are still falling down on the basics – [...]

Creating a positive culture in law firms is no longer a matter of motivational posters or aspirational slogans. It has become a regulatory requirement, and rightly so. The SRA is clear that firms [...]

By Liz Bond In our recent piece ‘Don’t Treat Clients Like Commodities’, we looked at bulk client file transfers and how to make things easier for clients. Now, we’re turning the lens on the firm [...]

Our recent half-day “AML building blocks” workshop with FirstAML was all about turning a messy pile of AML obligations into a coherent, working system. Over the morning, 170 delegates followed [...]

The widely-reported Mazur case goes to the heart of how many firms are actually run. The High Court has confirmed, in very clear terms, that only an “authorised person” under the Legal Services [...]

By Sophie Cisler The SRA’s latest thematic review on source of funds and source of wealth opens with a line that should make every MLRO wince: “We are concerned by the continued levels of [...]

By Sophie Cisler GPs call them “heart-sink patients”: the people for whom you just can’t do anything right. In the legal world, the euphemism is the “difficult” client. They might be constantly [...]