Industry Insights

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 [...]

By Sam Bray Following our recent webinar on wellbeing, we have felt very humbled by how many people have reached out to us to say how useful the session was and how grateful they are for this [...]

By Ed Marshall In our most recent Jonathon Bray webinar, we focused on the wellbeing of solicitors and the profession as a whole. We were joined by guest speakers from several support networks [...]

By Sophie Cisler Like a child on Christmas morning, I was all of a flutter to see the breaking news: LSAG had published long-awaited updates to the guidance. What would be in it, I thought [...]