Industry Insights

By Sam Bray Let’s be honest — most law firms do have a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) tucked away somewhere. It’s been signed off, it ticks the right boxes, and it might even be sitting neatly in [...]

By Samantha Bray It started with a simple question: Should we rethink how we approach the role of the COLP? But as is often the case, pulling at that thread opened up a wider conversation about [...]

AI is already in your law firm. That was the headline message from our recent session, Getting AI Right – A Practical Guide, hosted live on 4 June. This popular compliance webinar brought [...]

By Sophie Cisler So, you’ve had an AML audit — maybe it was carried out internally, maybe by a consultant, or perhaps even (gulp) by the SRA. And to be blunt, it didn’t go the way you hoped. If [...]

By Sophie Cisler AI is no longer a futuristic concept but a present-day tool. This mini-guide provides practical steps for lawyers to successfully implement AI in their firms. Procurement and [...]

By Samantha Bray Before I entered the world of risk and compliance more than a decade ago, I was a secondary school teacher. Back then, I had two favourite mantras: “There’s no such thing as a [...]

By Jonathon Bray and Jonathan Coleman (FirstAML) In the current climate, no law firm can afford complacency about AML compliance. Yet certain myths persist – misconceptions that can lull firms [...]

Ask most solicitors what they understand by “legal ethics” and you’ll likely hear a version of: “doing the right thing.” It sounds straightforward – until the right thing is inconvenient, [...]

By Ed Marshall Can we, just for five minutes, put AML to the side? Normal service will resume soon, I promise. Here is a question for you: are we, as a profession, becoming so preoccupied with [...]

By Sophie Cisler Internal Audit has long been an integral function in financial services firms, but there is also growing awareness of its value in law firms. I spoke to Mark Penlington, Head of [...]