Compliance Lifeline

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Compliance Lifeline

Compliance Lifeline | October 2026

October 27, 2026 No Comments

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Legal Ombudsman

Legal Ombudsman complaints rise by 37%: is your law firm’s complaints handling procedure fit for purpose?

October 16, 2026 No Comments

SRA

SRA proposes a standalone supervision competence and new AI expectations for solicitors

October 16, 2026 No Comments

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Anti-Money Laundering

A practical guide to OFSI sanctions enforcement for law firms: client money, third-party payments and legal fees

October 15, 2026 No Comments

COLP & COFA

The SRA’s COLP/COFA split is now law. Firms are still asking why.

October 15, 2026 No Comments

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AI

Upper Tribunal: supervisors who miss fake case law are more likely to be more culpable than lawyers who miss it in their own work

October 13, 2026 No Comments

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SRA

Carter-Ruck v SRA: protecting client privilege when responding to regulatory investigations

October 13, 2026 No Comments

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Compliance Lifeline | September 2026

September 27, 2026 No Comments

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LSB

LSB vs SRA: Inside the Regulator’s toughest enforcement action yet

September 17, 2026 No Comments

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SRA

Another SRA fine shows PEP failures are still catching law firms out

September 17, 2026 No Comments

COLP & COFA

The SRA’s COLP/COFA split is now law. Firms are still asking why.

September 16, 2026 No Comments

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Anti-Money Laundering

FCA confirms first firms will move to its AML supervision by end of 2028

September 15, 2026 No Comments

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Compliance Lifeline | August 2026

August 27, 2026 No Comments

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CQS

Why CQS Accreditation matters more than ever for conveyancing firms

August 26, 2026 No Comments

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AI

SRA Warning Notice puts AI governance and client confidentiality into the spotlight

August 26, 2026 No Comments

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Legal Ombudsman

The Legal Ombudsman’s new Model Complaints Resolution Procedure: what it means for your law firm

August 24, 2026 No Comments

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SRA

Independence, conflicts, financial crime: What the SRAs new litigation funding guidance means for your compliance framework

August 20, 2026 No Comments

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SRA

SRA’s updated sectoral risk assessment: What’s moved, what’s new, and what it means for your firm

August 10, 2026 No Comments

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FCA

AML supervision reform: what’s changing, what we know, and what firms should do now

July 31, 2026 No Comments

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Compliance Lifeline | July 2026

July 26, 2026 No Comments

Conveyancing

In conversation with Victoria Marshall, Head of Property, Pearson Legal & Financial Advisers

July 25, 2026 No Comments

Internal News

Enderley Consulting welcomes Carolyn Beal

July 25, 2026 No Comments

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SRA - Complaints

Action required – prepare now for the SRA’s complaints data collection

July 10, 2026 No Comments

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SRA - Complaints

The SRA’s complaints handling consultation – where we are and what it means for your firm

July 10, 2026 No Comments

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FATF

FATF’s June 2026 Plenary: What countries have changed?

June 29, 2026 No Comments

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Compliance Lifeline | June 2026

June 18, 2026 No Comments

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FCA

What the FCA’s sanctions report means for law firms (even though it isn’t aimed at you – yet)

June 16, 2026 No Comments

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SRA

New SRA Supervision Guidance post-Mazur: What’s Changed, and Why Culture Is the Real Test

June 16, 2026 No Comments

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SRA

The SRA’s new whistleblowing designation – what it means for your firm, and why culture is the part that matters most

June 14, 2026 No Comments

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SRA

SRA AML Data Collection 2026: What law firms need to do before the deadline

June 14, 2026 No Comments

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Anti-Money Laundering

SRA AML Fines 2026: What law firms are getting wrong, and how to avoid it

June 14, 2026 No Comments

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SRA

The SRA just changed the rules, and smaller firms are going to feel it most

June 5, 2026 No Comments

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Compliance Lifeline | May 2026

May 28, 2026 No Comments

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Sanctions

UK Government details a cross-government approach to sanctions enforcement

May 28, 2026 No Comments

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SRA

What the latest SRA Misconduct Data Means for your Law Firm

May 28, 2026 No Comments

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SRA

SRA Ethics Focus Groups

May 28, 2026 No Comments

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Anti-Money Laundering

Upcoming changes to the Money Laundering Regulations

May 27, 2026 No Comments

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SRA

SRA Consults on 2026/27 Business Plan

May 27, 2026 No Comments

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Anti-Money Laundering

Money laundering in property: What the regulators are watching for, and what your law firm needs to know

May 27, 2026 No Comments

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Anti-Money Laundering

SRA Launches Annual AML and Sanctions Data Collection Exercise

May 27, 2026 No Comments

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AI

Artificial intelligence policies in law firms need constant attention

May 26, 2026 No Comments

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Compliance Lifeline | April 2026

April 27, 2026 No Comments

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Continuing competence

The SRA wants solicitors to record their learning and have annual ethics conversations. Here’s what that actually means.

April 27, 2026 No Comments

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Practice management

Yes, you probably need to register with HMRC as a ‘tax adviser’. No, it isn’t as alarming as it sounds.

April 27, 2026 No Comments

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Supervision

Mazur: the dust settles, the guidance is updated, and the supervision question lands squarely with firms

April 27, 2026 No Comments

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FCA

MLRO or MLCO? The FCA wants to hear from you, and this is why you should respond

April 27, 2026 No Comments

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Anti-Money Laundering

Digital ID for AML: the rules have just changed -and some firms may not have noticed

April 27, 2026 No Comments

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CQS

Is a CQS audit heading your way? Why the answer is probably yes

April 27, 2026 No Comments

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SRA

A new era of partnership? What the SRA’s fresh direction means for law firms

April 27, 2026 No Comments

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Anti-Money Laundering

When HMRC puts you on the naughty list – and how to get off it!*

April 6, 2026 No Comments

Practice management

It’s here…introducing the Enderley InfoHub in partnership with Infolegal

March 3, 2026 No Comments

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Compliance Lifeline | March 2026

March 3, 2026 No Comments

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Fees

FCA & SRA joint warning: motor finance commission claims

March 3, 2026 No Comments

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Anti-Money Laundering

Crypto and Money Laundering: Due diligence implications for firms

March 1, 2026 No Comments

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Data Protection

ICO International Transfer Guidance: New three-step test

March 1, 2026 No Comments

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