Industry Insights

Law firms must have the most up-to-date information about the UK sanctions regime. Sanctions checks have historically been a blind spot for some law firms, perhaps in the (mistaken) view that [...]

It’s no wonder that the accreditation bodies are seeing an uptick in the number of law firms exploring ISO27001. Cybercrime has reached industrial scale and law firms are a prime target. It [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

We recently had the pleasure of hosting a fraud and cybercrime webinar with expert barrister Adam Richardson of 1 Essex Court. The session was very interesting, enlightening and practical. And to [...]

This week the SRA Risk Outlook 2021-2022 was launched (‘What is the new normal? Challenges and opportunities for law firms after the lockdowns’), in time for the annual SRA Compliance [...]