E-disclosure and the legal profession
We recently spoke with Jeff Gosling, Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing for LDM Global, about e-disclosure and its place in today’s rapidly changing legal world. Here’s what he [...]
New non-material breach guidance for COLPs and COFAs
Version 15 of the SRA Handbook includes various updates to the Authorisation Rules. Buried deep in the guidance note to Rule 8 is this new pointer for law firms’ COLP and COFA: The [...]
Phil Tate from Consilium talks to us about changes being considered in the PII market
What are the main changes currently being considered by the SRA? The current SRA consultation considers the indemnity insurance rules and compensation fund. Changes are being considered to the [...]
Money laundering in the legal profession in 2015
A packed audience attended the annual Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Compliance Conference last week to hear more about the regulator’s current and future focus. Money laundering was a [...]
Risk 8 – Money laundering – inadequate systems and control over the transfer of money
With the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) highlighting the legal sector as being ‘high risk’ for money laundering, it stands to reason that it is also one of the eight risks cited in the SRA’s [...]
ABS Success: RM Company Services
We are pleased to share more ABS news – RM Company Services, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of company information have, with our help, successfully navigated the SRA authorisation [...]
Risk 7 – Information security and cybercrime
Client confidentiality is not a new thing – it has always been there – it is a core professional responsibility. However, in an ever increasing IT focused world, the dangers and potential risk of [...]
Risk 6 – Failure to act with integrity: improper or abusive litigation
With duties owed to the courts, clients, third parties and the wider public interest, it is not difficult to see why the ethics of litigation can be such a difficult area for lawyers, and one [...]
A quick guide to the changes in the 4th Money Laundering Directive – "MLD4"
Anti Money Laundering (AML) Regulations are here to stay so the smart money is on automating the process so your business remains compliant and stands up to scrutiny with the minimal effort and [...]
Ben Martin of Safe4 talks to us about information security
Following so many positive comments on our recent article Email security is the elephant in the room, we spoke to Ben Martin of information security company Safe4….. Is it safe to say we [...]
