Ethics and Compliance

Articles

Cracking down on corporate secrecy: what the ECCTA means for UK businesses

Katie Bewick and Mike Barrington explore how tougher transparency rules, mandatory ID checks, and new penalties are reshaping UK corporate ownership and compliance

How law firms can best protect themselves from SRA money laundering fines

Harriet Holmes looks at the SRA fines and how can firms best protect themselves?

How political transitions could impact anti-corruption enforcement and compliance

Ian Hargreaves and James Philippsohn explain how shifting political landscapes in 2025 could pose new challenges for global corporate compliance

Bringing the profession into disrepute

Solicitors are often punished for ‘bringing the profession into disrepute’ as a result of an occurrence in their private lives. In this article, Bernard George argues that this is wrong in principle, in practice and in law

Are we training legal professionals for tomorrow’s world?

As we start a new year, Lucie Allen, Managing Director of BARBRI International, explores how the legal profession must evolve to meet the demands of 2025 and beyond

AML: how law firms can best protect themselves from SRA money laundering fines

Harriet Holmes explains how law firms can reduce the likelihood of regulatory failures and avoid potentially costly fines

CJEU upholds Country-of-Origin principle for online intermediaries

Nathan Smith and Anita Smith examine the CJEU's affirmation of the "country-of-origin" principle, alleviating regulatory burdens for online intermediaries across the EU

The role of regulators in promoting EDI in the legal profession

John Barwick argues that while diversity initiatives in the legal sector have shown progress, systemic changes are still needed