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,...
