Alison Matthews

Alison Matthews

Alison Matthews is director of quality and risk at Shoosmiths LLP and the author of the Data Protection Toolkit (2nd edition), Law Society Publishing

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    Risky business

    2024-04-22T00:00:00

    The number of anti-money laundering audits conducted by the Solicitors Regulation Authority are increasing, with larger fines imposed for breaches. Alison Matthews outlines how having a robust firm-wide risk assessment can mitigate your risk

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    Money matters

    2021-04-19T06:00:00

    Alison Matthews reflects on the key changes in anti-money laundering compliance since publication of the Legal Sector Affinity Group guidance.

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    On the money

    2020-06-09T00:00:00

    Alison Matthews outlines the changes made by the Fifth Money Laundering Directive, and what fee-earners and firms need to do now to ensure compliance

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    Data driven

    2019-07-31T14:00:00

    Alison Matthews reviews what challenges solicitors have faced implementing the General Data Protection Regulation.

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    Playing catch up

    2017-10-10T00:00:00

    The new money laundering regulations have been in force for over three months, but is your firm compliant? Alison Matthews provides an overview of the requirements for law firms.

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    The PSC register: what legal practice managers need to know

    2016-06-29T15:28:00

    The requirement for a register of ‘persons with significant control’ came into force on 6 April 2016. Alison Matthews explains what you need to know