Duncan Finlyson Articles October 24, 2022 Statute Bills and the Extent of Solicitors’ Duties It is important for solicitors to bear in mind the key differences between statute and interim bills... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles September 22, 2022 Transparency rules checks and client surveys The SRA have announced that they will, over the next few months, again be rolling out a programme of... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles September 21, 2022 Revised SRA Guidance on Sexual Misconduct and Other Criminal Offences In the light of an increase in the number of complaints about sexual misconduct at law firms made to... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles August 22, 2022 Making Sense of the Register of Overseas Entities The government introduced the register of overseas entities on 1 August 2022 requiring anonymous for... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles July 18, 2022 New SRA Fining Powers Take Effect SRA announces that its controversial increase in fining powers will take effect from 20 July 2022 wi... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles July 15, 2022 Official AML Guidance Updated and Approved HM Treasury has given approval to the Legal Sector Affinity Group Anti-Money Laundering Guidance Not... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles July 3, 2022 Data Protection Post-Brexit Last month saw the publication of "Data: a new direction - government response to consultation" whic... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles June 16, 2022 Corporate Transparency – identity verification for company directors Proposals designed to provide a fundamental shake-up of existing processes at Companies House have b... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles June 12, 2022 More SRA Checking of AML Compliance Requirements SRA requiring firms to respond to AML questionnaire covering the levels of current activity within t... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles May 13, 2022 Confidentiality Increasingly, reports of confidentiality breaches are being made to the SRA. With this in mind, the ... Read More