Industry Insights

Download the free Shieldpay white paper on using TPMAs in property transactions You have probably read about Third Party Managed Accounts in the legal press. But what are they, exactly? How do [...]

I recently chatted with Karen Eckstein about the risk issues that law firms need to consider right now as we prepare for a post-lockdown business world. Karen has spent 30 years advising [...]

If and when you are preparing to return to the office, it is important that you do so in a way that meets your health & safety obligations and the government’s guidance on working [...]

Those of you who read our newsletter and blog regularly (love you both!) will know that I have had a bee in my bonnet about SRA guidance and the new Standards and Regulations for the past year or [...]

The SRA first issued its guidance on client care letters on 23 July 2019 in advance of the new SRA Rules on 25 November 2019. The guidance comes amid the regulator’s concerns that some [...]

It’s finally here, launch day for the SRA Standards and Regulations. Are you ready with your party poppers and fanfare? The new rules have been talked about ad nauseam over the last few [...]

A slide deck to accompany Jonathon Bray’s presentation on the new Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) rules, coming into force on 25 November 2019. Essential reading for COLPs, COFAs and [...]

The SRA have now produced their most recent Risk Outlook – a must read for all COLPs and COFAs as to what the SRA are homing in on.  Don’t be fooled by the reduction of issues from 10 to 9 – they [...]

For those of you frustrated by the grey areas and contradictions inherent in the risk-based anti-money laundering regime (AML) regime, this (long) guidance from the Financial Action Task Force [...]