Law firms

The SRA has refreshed its AML and sanctions guidance. Find out what has changed and the practical steps law firms should take to review their compliance framework.

Your law firm has just passed its annual audit. Your compliance manuals are pristine, your policies are comprehensive. But then two months later, a significant client claim lands on your desk – and you trace the cause back to a procedural error that resulted from incorrectly following a key process. How can this have happened so soon after a successful audit?

What does the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 mean for law firms? Practical guidance for COLPs on complaints procedures, subject access requests, data governance and compliance readiness.

A yearly compliance audit is like an annual physical. It's a useful snapshot of how you're doing on the day – but it might not reveal recurring issues

Your law firm has just passed its annual audit. Your compliance manuals are pristine, your policies are comprehensive. But then two months later, a significant client claim lands on your desk – and you trace the cause back to a procedural error that resulted from incorrectly following a key process. How can this have happened so soon after a successful audit?