Industry Insights

Lexcel Consultant Samantha Bray goes into depth on law firm compliance plans. When was your law firm compliance plan last updated? 2011 was a shock to the system for solicitors. Remember when the [...]

In advance of our upcoming webinar (Legal Professional Privilege – what you need to know – register for free on Lexology here), Jeremy Phillips QC and Mark O’Brien [...]

Law firms subject to the Money Laundering Regulations will shortly be required to submit an SRA AML questionnaire. The COLP will receive a link to complete the questionnaire in June, with a [...]

With mental health and wellbeing at the top of the regulatory agenda, law firm leaders should make sure their colleagues know where to get help when it is needed. Our profession is fortunate to [...]

The Law Society recently held a webinar on Chinese Underground Banking. Speakers included representatives from the National Economic Crime Centre, the NCA, the Law Society of Scotland and the [...]

In December’s webinar, we predicted the top compliance topics of 2022. Wellbeing and culture made it into the Top 10. This is a big topic for the SRA. They are consulting on new rules on [...]

The wellbeing of people working in law firms is firmly under the spotlight.  Following a string of high profile incidents and cases that call into question the culture of some law firms, the [...]

Samantha Bray examines the regulatory requirements of supervision in law firms. There are a lot of horror stories that underline the importance of supervision. How about, for starters: The [...]

Carly Fallon discusses the often-overlooked ‘independent audit’ requirement of the Money Laundering Regulations. It will come as no surprise that Anti-Money Laundering (AML) is a priority area [...]

Firms always struggle with this. Rachael Eyre asks: how much AML training is enough? How much is too much? What counts as AML training? There is no universally recognised ‘best’ format for AML [...]