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Practice Compliance weekly highlights—20 June 2024

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Published on: 20 June 2024

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Table of contents

Practice Compliance forecast
New Practice Compliance forecast as at 18 June 2024
Financial Sanctions
FCDO updates Russia sanctions guidance to incorporate latest legislation guidance
UK announces 50 new sanctions against Russia
AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing
FCA to delay publication of PEP report until after UK general election
Other financial crime
UK fraud fight looks stagnant whichever party wins power next month
Data protection

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Article summary

This week's edition of Practice Compliance weekly highlights includes: our new Practice Compliance forecast, the latest sanctions news, a warning issued by the SRA concerning mergers, acquisitions and sales of law firms, and the Question of the week which considers the interplay between the Legal Ombudsman scheme and court proceedings for recovery of unpaid costs.

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