Duncan Finlyson Articles November 21, 2024 How Client Money is Handled The SRA has for some time now been obsessed with making changes to the ways in which client accounts... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles November 19, 2024 The Continuing Pressure for Demonstrable AML Compliance The issue of what is expected of firms from the MLR 2017 continues to be highlighted by the regular ... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles October 16, 2024 Financial Services Advice and Insurance Distribution Of all of the areas of solicitor regulation, the provision of financial advice to clients is surely ... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles September 12, 2024 Vexatious Subject Access Requests Increasingly solicitors are being asked to respond to a data subject access request (DSAR) where the... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles August 21, 2024 Revised Guidance and Warnings from the SRA on Sanctions Liability SRA issues revised guidance explaining their expectations from solicitors and providing practical ad... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles August 19, 2024 SRA Questionnaire – AML Data Collection Exercise 2024 Firms have been receiving the SRA’s questionnaire relating to anti-money laundering compliance, tr... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles July 24, 2024 SRA Sanctions Questionnaire Concern has been expressed about a questionnaire from the SRA dealing with the arrangements firms ha... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles June 25, 2024 SRA Continues Focus on AML Compliance Recent regulatory proceedings against Dentons and Clyde & Co, combined with other lower profile ... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles May 24, 2024 It’s time to be afraid, very afraid Are solicitors about to be rendered ineffective by the latest SRA plans to abolish client accounts?Â... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles May 20, 2024 LSB to Improve Complaints Handling Legal Services Board issues Requirements, Guidance, and a statement of policy to regulators with aim... Read More