Industry Insights

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 [...]

The SRA has opened a consultation into rule changes on health and wellbeing in the workplace. It runs until 27th May and, arguably, comes not a moment too soon for the profession. Grab yourself a [...]

By Carly Fallon It’s been six months since the new SQE route to qualification was launched. How time flies! As a result, we have now entered something of a transitional period, with some aspiring [...]

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 [...]