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AML fines continue: the conveyancing failings pattern

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Facebook Linkedin Instagram AML fines continue: the conveyancing failings pattern The SRA’s 2024–25 AML report confirms that the regulator conducted 935 proactive supervisory engagements in the year to April 2025, a 72% increase on the previous year. Nearly a third of firms assessed were fully non-compliant; a further 54% were only partially compliant. Fines across […]

Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook: new platform delayed to June 2026

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Facebook Linkedin Instagram Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook: new platform delayed to June 2026 The new UK Finance Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook platform, originally due to launch on 2 March 2026, has been postponed until the end of June 2026 following concerted pressure from all three UK law societies. The delay follows a turbulent few weeks: UK Finance […]

Financial Action Task Force Evaluation 2027: HM Treasury survey for UK law firms

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Facebook Linkedin Instagram FATF 2027 evaluation: HM Treasury survey for law firms HM Treasury is preparing for the UK’s 2027 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) mutual evaluation – a high-stakes international assessment of the UK’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regime. As part of that preparation, Treasury is inviting law firms to complete a survey […]

FATF Black List and Grey List Updates – June 2025

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Facebook Linkedin Instagram FATF Black List and Grey List Updates – June 2025 On 16 June the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published its latest update to the lists of jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorist financing (CTF), and counter-proliferation financing (CPF) regimes. The FATF Black List – no change There have […]