by Sarah Haynes | Oct 14, 2026 | Anti-money laundering, Article
The Government published its strategy to set the direction for the UK’s anti-money laundering and asset recovery system over the next three years on 15/9/26, stating that, “with asset recovery at the heart of our response, our aim is to take the profit out of...
by Sarah Haynes | Sep 23, 2026 | Anti-money laundering, Article
We’re excited to be launching a new series of quarterly Compliance Office webinars, covering different regulatory and compliance topics affecting law firms. And for our first session, we’re starting with a topic we know is high on the agenda for many firms...
by Sarah Haynes | Jun 29, 2026 | Anti-money laundering, Article
You may recall an excitable period last summer where we were promised a “clearer and more proportionate anti-money laundering (AML) regime”, when the government recognised that AML checks were seen as a major burden to law firms? Well, those changes, following the...
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 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,...
