The “overall picture is positive” in terms of solicitors’ anti-money laundering compliance, the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority (SRA) has confirmed in its Anti money laundering report. The SRA visited more than 250 firms from sole practitioners to large firms to look at their compliance processes and gauge whether staff were able to use these processes. They found a healthy compliance culture in place although some firms could do more. Welcoming the report, Catherine Dixon, Law Society chief executive, says she is pleased but added: “There is no room for complacency”.
19 May 2016
Money laundering “positive”
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Haynes Boone—Louise Woods
Haynes Boone expands global capabilities with addition of Louise Woods as chair of international disputes
DWF—John Gilfedder
DWF strengthens Global Risks practice with strategic hire of aviation partner in London
Shakespeare Martineau—10 newly qualified solicitors
Shakespeare Martineau appoints newly qualified solicitors
NEWS
The Thirlwall Inquiry has exposed a ‘complete failure’ to protect babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital, but its recommendations must now be put into practice
A divorced woman has secured funding to participate in her former husband’s inquest after the Legal Aid Agency reconsidered repeated refusals
More than 500 former rugby players can pursue brain injury claims despite serious failures to disclose documents ordered by the High Court
When does a solicitor’s retainer become a contentious business agreement? The Court of Appeal’s decision in Broadfield Law UK LLP v Barnes shows that listing hourly rates alone will not do, leaving firms and clients uncertain about their rights over bills
MPs cannot simply resign their Commons seats. Instead, they take a nominal Crown office, usually the Chiltern Hundreds or Manor of Northstead, which disqualifies them from sitting
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