Your SRA compliance duties - the facts and the fibs The roles of compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) and the compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA) in championing compliance are now well established in most firms. However, anyone in the firm who thinks that the COLP, COFA or compliance partner has drawn the short straw probably needs to think again. The reality is that there will not be a very big difference in practice between the duties of a compliance officer and many other members of staff. We’ve tried to create...

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