by Sarah Haynes | Jun 22, 2026 | Article
The SRA’s updated Effective supervision – Guidance was finally published on 12th June 2026. This follows the Court of Appeal’s much-heralded ‘conduct of litigation’ judgment in the Mazur case in March (see some of our previous thoughts here). By way of a reminder,...
by Sarah Haynes | Jun 16, 2026 | Article
Further to previous posts on the subject of the new HMRC tax adviser registration requirement, HMRC has finally provided substantive guidance on who the regime applies to (see here). The definition of a ‘tax adviser’ for the purposes of the underlying legislation...
by Sarah Haynes | Jun 16, 2026 | Anti-money laundering, Article
A little reminder that 29th June is fast approaching – the day that the SRA’s annual AML & sanctions data collection exercise opens, with data to be provided during July. Compliance officers should be receiving (or already have received) an email from the SRA with...
by Sarah Haynes | Jun 3, 2026 | Article
The SRA announced on 2nd June that, following their consultation on protecting client money earlier this year (see our report in our January update), they have decided to push ahead with their proposed reforms “to strengthen protections around client money”. Although...
by Sarah Haynes | May 18, 2026 | Article
The SRA has confirmed that its annual AML & sanctions data collection exercise will take place in July 2026, with the online portal opening on 29 June 2026. The SRA has stated that this is a regulatory requirement and firms which fail to complete the exercise may...
