SRA’s updated sectoral risk assessment: What’s moved, what’s new, and what it means for your firm
Facebook Linkedin Instagram SRA’s updated Sectoral Risk Assessment: What’s moved, what’s new, and what it means for your firm On 6 August 2026, the Solicitors Regulation Authority updated its sectoral risk assessment for anti-money laundering, terrorist financing, proliferation financing and sanctions. It will come as little surprise to lawyers that conveyancing remains the sector’s highest […]
AML supervision reform: what’s changing, what we know, and what firms should do now
Facebook Linkedin Instagram AML supervision reform: what’s changing, what we know, and what firms should do now A practical guide to the transfer of AML/CTF supervision from the SRA to the FCA. It won’t have gone unnoticed by our readers that in October 2025, HM Treasury confirmed that the Financial Conduct Authority will become the […]
Compliance Lifeline | July 2026
Facebook Linkedin Instagram Compliance rarely stands still, and this month’s Compliance Lifeline reflects that. We sit down with Victoria Marshall, Director and Head of Property at Pearson Solicitors and Financial Advisers, for a candid look at what managing a conveyancing team under sustained regulatory pressure actually involves. We’re also delighted to introduce Carolyn Beal, the […]
In conversation with Victoria Marshall, Head of Property, Pearson Legal & Financial Advisers
Facebook Linkedin Instagram In conversation with Victoria Marshall, Director and Head of Property at Pearson Solicitors and Financial Advisers Managing a conveyancing team through the current compliance climate: an interview with Victoria Marshall We recently sat down with Victoria Marshall, Director and Head of Property at Pearson Solicitors and Financial Advisers, to talk about what […]
What the FCA’s sanctions report means for law firms (even though it isn’t aimed at you – yet)
Facebook Linkedin Instagram What the FCA’s sanctions report means for law firms (even though it isn’t aimed at you – yet) On 28 May 2026, the FCA published its findings from four years of work assessing how financial services firms manage sanctions risk. At first glance, this looks like a financial services story. But the […]
MLRO or MLCO? The FCA wants to hear from you, and this is why you should respond
Facebook Linkedin Instagram The FCA wants to hear from you. This is why you should respond. The FCA has begun reaching out directly to MLCOs and MLROs in the legal sector to inform how it will approach AML supervision. If you have received an email from the SRA inviting you to take part in this […]
UK law firms brace for FCA takeover of AML supervision
Facebook Linkedin Instagram UK law firms brace for FCA takeover of AML supervision UK law firms are facing growing scrutiny over their anti-money laundering (AML) frameworks, as legal regulators and government bodies increasingly express concern about whether the current supervisory model is robust enough to take financial crime. This has culminated in the Government announcing […]