header-logo header-logo

Law firms to report on financial sanctions

26 April 2023
Issue: 8022 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Regulatory , Sanctions
printer mail-detail
Law firms have been required by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to take part in a sanctions assessment. 

Firms must provide responses between 2 and 31 May to a questionnaire outlining how they comply with the UK’s current sanctions regime. The requirement applies to all SRA-regulated firms who were not previously required to provide a return as part of the SRA’s 2022 anti-money laundering information exercise.

The SRA will email each firm’s compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) or authorised signatory in May with further instructions.

Issue: 8022 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Regulatory , Sanctions
printer mail-details

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Fox & Partners—Nikki Edwards

Fox & Partners—Nikki Edwards

Employment boutique strengthens litigation bench with partner hire

Fladgate—Milan Kapadia

Fladgate—Milan Kapadia

Partner appointed to dispute resolution team

Carey Olsen—Louise Stothard

Carey Olsen—Louise Stothard

Employment law offering in Guernsey expands with new hire

NEWS
Law students and graduates can now apply to qualify as solicitors and barristers with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)
The dangers of uncritical artificial intelligence (AI) use in legal practice are no longer hypothetical. In this week's NLJ, Dr Charanjit Singh of Holborn Chambers examines cases where lawyers relied on ‘hallucinated’ citations — entirely fictitious authorities generated by AI tools
back-to-top-scroll