by Olivia McLeod | Dec 15, 2025 | Article
From 1/12/25 the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) deposit protection rose to £120,000 (having previously been £85,000). This means that if you hold deposits or savings with a UK-authorised bank, building society or credit union and it goes out of...
by Olivia McLeod | Dec 8, 2025 | Anti-money laundering, Article
As we reported to clients in October, the Government dropped the shock announcement in the middle of the SRA’s Compliance Officer’s Conference in October that the SRA will lose its responsibility for AML supervision of solicitors, with the Financial Conduct Authority...
by Olivia McLeod | Dec 3, 2025 | Anti-money laundering, Article
The SRA’s latest annual AML report was published on 30/10/25. It’s essential reading for all firms in scope of the Money Laundering Regulations (MLRs), particularly given the headline finding that almost a third of firms the SRA engaged with were not AML compliant,...
by Olivia McLeod | Dec 3, 2025 | Article
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is continuing to tighten its focus on sanctions compliance across the legal sector — and it recently announced the next steps firms should expect. On 11 November, following a review of the sanctions data gathered through its...
by Olivia McLeod | Nov 19, 2025 | Article, Litigation
If you are still grappling with the fall-out from the case of Mazur v Charles Russell Speechleys and what this means for litigators, the “conduct of litigation”, and reserved legal activities in general, the Law Society has updated and added to its resources to help...
