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The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has published guidance stating that it will apply a presumption of denial, with immediate...
Law360, London: An executive director at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) urged law firms on 17 September 2026 to work with law enforcement...
MLex: UK law firms should not expect to be ‘caught out’ by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) when it takes over anti-money laundering (AML)...
This week's edition of Practice Compliance weekly highlights includes High Court guidance on the application of sanctions rules to the assignment of...
What is a solicitor's undertaking?An undertaking is a commitment by a solicitor to do something. It can be enforced against the solicitor by the...
In what circumstances might a solicitor be able to contact another lawyer's client directly?The current SRA Standards and Regulations (STaR) are...
SRA Code of Conduct for individuals and firmsThis Practice Note provides guidance on the SRA Codes of Conduct, contained in the SRA Standards and...
Acting for yourself, friends and familyThis Practice Note covers considerations where a law firm wishes to act for one of its own partners or...
Training materials—SRA Code of Conduct for Solicitors, RELs and RFLs—law firmsThe SRA Standards and Regulations include two Codes of Conduct, one for firms and one for solicitors, RELs and RFLs. This presentation has been designed as a training aid that you can use to introduce your firm’s staff to
Solicitors Regulation AuthorityThe Solicitors Regulation authority (SRA) is the independent regulatory arm of the Law Society. It regulates:•individual solicitors, registered European lawyers (RELs), registered foreign lawyers (RFLs) and non-lawyer employees, owners and managers of regulated law
Working with foreign lawyers—the registered foreign lawyer (RFL) regimeThe Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) operates a registration regime for foreign lawyers. Once registered, a registered foreign lawyer (RFL) can become a manager or owner of a law firm with solicitor managers/owners. The SRA
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
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