Source of Funds and Source of Wealth
The SRA’s latest findings underline that firms must take a genuinely risk-based approach to source...
Strengthening Safeguards for Client Money: A New Chapter in Regulation?
SRA’s December 2025 consultation proposes tighter safeguards for client money across the professio...
Towards FCA Controls of AML for Solicitors
Here we look further at the government’s plan for the FCA to assume responsibility for AML supervi...
After-Mazur — What is the Position Now and What Should Firms be Doing?
The High Court decision in Mazur & Anor v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP has triggered a flurry o...
The Rising Threat to UK Solicitors: Cyber Risk in 2025 and Beyond
Cyber risk has become the most immediate and serious threat to the operation of law firms. Yet many ...
AML Reform: A Backward Step for the Legal Profession?
The government’s decision to strip the SRA and other professional bodies of their AML supervisory ...
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys: A Turning Point for Litigation Teams?
The High Court’s judgment in Mazur & Anor v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP has been described a...
Why Every Law Firm Now Needs a Data Protection Complaints Policy
Among the provisions introduced by the Data Use and Access Act 2025 is a requirement placed upon all...
SRA Updates its Sectoral AML Risk Assessment
The SRA issued a revised and updated AML risk assessment for the Legal Sector on the 31st July. For ...
Impact of the Data Use and Access Act 2025 on Legal Practices
The Data Use and Access Act 2025 (DUAA) represents the most significant reform of the UK’s data pr...