Recent features – Page 2
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FeatureFAQs: Reporting AML breaches
Our Practice Advice Service answers some commonly asked questions by Money Laundering Reporting Officers (MLROs)
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FeatureCase update - costs
Nigel West considers a recent case in the Competition and Markets Authority that may have an impact on costs in disciplinary matters.
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FeatureBook review—Client Care in Conveyancing
Rebecca Atkinson, Director of Risk at Howard Kennedy LLP, reviews the latest edition of Client Care in Conveyancing by Priscilla Sinder.
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FeatureBook review—The UK General Data Protection Regulation
Robert Bond, senior counsel, Privacy Partnership Law reviews the latest edition of UK General Data Protection Regulation - A Guide to the Law by James Castro-Edwards.
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FeatureBook review—The Solicitors Handbook 2022
Jessica Clay reviews the latest edition of the Solicitors Handbook 2022 (Law Society, 2021, £100) by Gregory Treverton-Jones QC, Nigel West, Susanna Heley and Robert Forman
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FeatureCase update
Nigel West considers the result of an intervention by the regulator into a solicitors practice.
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FeatureCause for complaint
The Legal Ombudsman has produced a guide to help solicitors improve their complaints handling processes. Here are their top tips.
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FeaturePI insurance—the introduction of personal guarantees
Todd Davison, Managing Director of Purbeck Insurance, explains why personal guarantees are becoming a feature of the professional indemnity insurance market and what the partners and leaders of small and medium sized law firms and LLPs can do to mitigate the risk.
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FeatureSRA business plan—what to expect in 2022
Marzena Lipman, Regulatory Policy Adviser, summarises the SRA business plan for next year and outlines the Law Society response.
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FeatureFAQs - compliance issues
Our Practice Advice team has put together some of their most frequently asked questions (and answers) on current compliance issues.
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FeatureAML – taking a risk-based approach
Katarina Pranjic considers how a risk-based approach to anti-money laundering works for fee-earners.
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FeatureBook review: Anti-money Laundering Toolkit (3rd)
Sue Mawdsley reviews the latest edition of the Anti-Money Laundering Toolkit (Law Society, 2021, £60) by Alison Matthews.
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FeatureBook review—Solicitors and the Accounts Rules (4th)
Sarah Charlton reviews the latest edition of Solicitors and the Accounts Rules: A Compliance Manual (Law Society, 2021, £75) by Andrew Allen and Janet Taylor.
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FeatureComplaints handling – 5 top tips
Anjali Mouelhi, regulatory policy adviser, provides some top tips on how good practice can prevent complaints from happening in the first place and from escalating and when they do.
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FeaturePII renewal – getting the best deal
Piers Winton considers the current landscape for PII renewal and gives some tips on getting the best deal for your firm.
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FeatureYour regulatory questions answered
Our Practice Advice Service answers some commonly asked questions on compliance matters.
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FeatureDubious investment schemes: too good to be true?
Rina Amin, risk and compliance solicitor at Howard Kennedy, shares tips on how to spot a dubious investment scheme.
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FeatureSolicitor conduct after Beckwith
Amanda Croxon, risk and compliance solicitor at Howard Kennedy, considers the implications of the Beckwith appeal for the conduct of staff in and out of the workplace.
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FeatureNegative interest rates?
Andy Poole, Legal Sector Partner at Armstrong Watson LLP, considers the implications of negative interest rates for law firms.
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FeatureLSAG AML guidance - what you need to know
Rick Kent, anti-money laundering policy manager, looks at the key changes introduced by the revised anti-money laundering guidance for the legal sector.