Industry Insights

We often get asked by law firms about ‘employee screening’. What do we need to check? How far do we need to go? Regulated law firms are responsible for those they employ. And by extension so are [...]

Not a new topic, but one certainly worth revisiting because the SRA is, one again, ramping up its website reviews focusing on Transparency Rules compliance. Last summer they warned us of their [...]

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) recently held a live webinar on sanctions compliance. You can find the official recording on YouTube – it is worth a watch for anyone interested in [...]

Rachael Eyre gives some practical tips for law firms. Peri/menopause may affect 50- 60% of the legal sector work force at some point in their lives. In 2018 figures shared in the House of Commons [...]

Edit: Since writing this article, the SRA has announced the dates of the diversity data collection exercise will be 26th June – 23rd July 2023. It is almost that time again: the SRA will be [...]

Rachael Eyre, our Head of Regulatory Services and data protection practitioner, asks whether firms can validly sanctions-check third parties without express consent. In our recent webinar we [...]

The regulator of solicitors in England and Wales has announced a new round of sanctions assessments. This takes the form of a mandatory SRA sanctions questionnaire. The assessment will be sent by [...]

We all know that anti-money laundering compliance is an important part of any law firm’s risk management. Get it wrong, and the consequences can be severe.  But AML compliance can place [...]

The Legal Sector Affinity Group (LSAG) has published a 2023 update to its AML guidance for regulated law firms. The guidance is intended to help solicitors and law firms understand their legal [...]

From 1st April 2023, the Legal Ombudsman is changing its scheme rules. This means that all law firms will be required to update their complaints policy in line with the new requirements. What is [...]