Risk & Compliance

Articles

Spotting the red flags: A robust approach to AML

Tony Guise provides practical advice on how law firm leaders can ensure that their firm has a robust approach to anti-money laundering

Launching lean innovation in your firm

Lean innovation involves constant forward motion along the project runway to take-off, and careful pre-launch analysis. Duncan Hart looks at what firms need to consider when looking to implement innovation-driven change.

The growth imperative: Positioning in a dividing market

The market within which the main UK law firms operate is dividing more distinctly than ever before. Richard Tromans looks at the ways firms can position themselves for growth

The SQE and firms' recruitment

Mark Stobbs, former director of legal policy, The Law Society

Snoopers' Charter is a 'rush job', says Bar

IP Bill could be used to listen in on legal advice for disputes against the government

Barrister gender and ethnicity under regulator's spotlight

BSB complaints-handling process not discriminatory but might favour women, report finds

When should a report be qualified?

SRA directions on common breaches of the Accounts Rules have been sparse at best, so solicitors and reporting accountants will welcome new guidance, says Simon Sheppard

Reducing the blur

Peter Rogers considers the line of cases where solicitors are said to have been under a duty to give business, rather than legal advice