All Risk and Compliance articles – Page 7
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Feature
Watchful eye
Rebecca Atkinson outlines the dos and don’ts of making suspicious activity reports
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Cause for complaint
Anjali Mouelhi provides some top tips on how good practice can prevent complaints from happening in the first place and from escalating when they do
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Book 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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Book 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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Complaints 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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Opinion
Mental note
Following on from recent high-profile tribunal cases involving junior lawyers, Manda Banerji looks at the role of mental health in regulatory outcomes
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SQE – ready or not?
Melissa Hardee outlines what to expect with the introduction of the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination this autumn
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Doing business in the EU
The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement will greatly affect the way we do business with the EU. Jessica Clay and Ilda de Sousa look at the impact on solicitors
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Strength in diversity
As firms prepare to update workplace diversity data for the SRA, Bola Gibson considers the opportunities for firms to reap the benefits of creating a diverse and inclusive office culture
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Dare to compare?
The SRA is conducting a pilot scheme which aims to further improve the information available to the public when choosing a legal services provider. Pearl Moses poses some questions to Tracy Vegro on what firms might expect
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Working progress
As we return to a more flexible model of working, Amy Bell looks at how to manage complex work patterns and remain compliant
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Free and easy?
Paul Bennett and Bronwen Still consider freelance practice, the pros and cons for those contemplating it and the extent to which it has made its mark on the legal services market
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FAQ
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Videos
Webinar: SQE – managing risks and your obligations (OnDemand)
This webinar will discuss how you manage the transition and implementation of the SQE.
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Videos
Webinar: Professional indemnity insurance – surviving the hard market (OnDemand)
This free webinar will help you maximise the opportunites to find the PII cover you need.
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Feature
Money matters
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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Ethical imperatives
Julie Norris and Jessica Clay consider SRA entity regulation and the imperative to create an ethical (ergo, compliant) legal workplace.
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Opinion
Crystal clear
Tracy Vegro makes the case that price transparency is in everyone’s best interests.
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Cause for complaint
One year on from the first pandemic lockdown, Steve Pearson considers some of the issues arising in client care and complaints-handling as we emerge from the third lockdown.
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All hands on tech
Olly Thornton-Berry looks at the use of new technologies in the fight against fraud and money laundering.