This week's edition of Practice Compliance weekly highlights includes OFSI’s new 2026–29 strategy signalling a more intelligence-led and assertive enforcement approach, new DBT guidance on OTSI’s assessment of trade sanctions licence applications and the introduction of sanctions end-use controls and amendments to UK sanctions legislation. We also cover the replacement general licence for legal services, new regulations requiring an ICO code of practice on AI and automated decision-making, an SRA update on the PM Law intervention involving suspected client fund fraud, the expansion of corporate criminal liability under the Crime and Policing Act 2026 and consultations from the SRA on competence requirements and from the CJC on proposed reforms to the Solicitors Act 1974 costs regime.

This week's edition of Practice Compliance weekly highlights includes: the latest financial sanctions news, analysis of key points from the FCA’s financial crime guide updates, the ICO’s new strategy to tackle online tracking compliance in the UK and new and expanded fraud risk management guidance and tools available now.

This week's edition of Practice Compliance weekly highlights includes the EU’s 21st package of sanctions against Russia, the Court of Appeal’s refusal of permission to appeal in R v Osmond, a case involving tipping off and analysis of proposed reforms to the transparency in supply chains regime under section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. We also cover concerns raised by the Serious Fraud Office about Güralp Systems’ bribery controls, new NCSC guidance on responding to and recovering from highly disruptive cyber attacks and the Legal Services Board’s final findings on conduct of litigation guidance.

This week's edition of Practice Compliance weekly highlights includes the latest sanctions, AML and financial crime news, confirmation of the demise of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill and analysis of the LSB’s new complaints handling requirements and what they will mean for law firms.

This week's edition of Practice Compliance weekly highlights includes lots of sanctions news including updated FAQs on the recently published Legal Services General Licence and much more, a UK package targeting people-smuggling, HM Treasury’s updated advisory notice on jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in anti-money laundering, Home Office ransomware supply-chain guidance, Employment Rights Bill consultations and more developments on the Mazur case.

This week's edition of Practice Compliance weekly highlights includes: publication of the NECC’s 2024–2025 Annual Report detailing a rise in fraud-related disruptions and convictions, new guidance from DSIT on the phased implementation of the Data Use and Access Act 2025, the Law Society’s recommendation to increase minimum salaries for trainee solicitors and SQE candidates, updates to OFSI’s general guidance on UK financial sanctions and the Russian Oil Services ban, and the UK government’s ongoing work on AI legislation.

This week's edition of Practice Compliance weekly highlights includes: the latest sanctions news, the appointment of a new director of anti-money laundering (AML) by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), the publication of the 28th edition of SARs in Action magazine, and the introduction of the Data (Use and Access) Bill.

This week's edition of Practice Compliance weekly highlights includes new guidance from the FCDO on Syrian sanctions regimes for businesses and NGOs, updates to OFSI’s Russia-related General Licences and proposals signalling a stronger enforcement approach, a consolidated look-up tool for Russia sanctions licensing considerations, HMRC’s announcement of Economic Crime Levy band restructuring and rate increases, the SFO’s annual whistleblowing disclosures report, the LSB’s consultation on a new diversity policy statement and CILEX securing permission to challenge the Mazur ruling.

This week's edition of Practice Compliance weekly highlights includes: the latest financial sanctions and anti-money laundering updates, information on a new anti-money laundering and sanctions data collection exercise from the SRA, a new SRA consultation on financial penalties and an update to its warning notice on the use of NDAs.

This week's edition of Practice Compliance weekly highlights includes the FCA’s findings from its review of firms’ sanctions systems and controls, the JMLSG’s consultation on proposed amendments to its AML guidance, the DBT’s addition of the SRA as a prescribed person for whistleblowing disclosures and the SRA’s proposed rule changes on client money protections and compliance officer roles.

This week's edition of Practice Compliance weekly highlights includes: the implementation of the corporate ‘failure to prevent fraud’ offence alongside expert commentary on its effectiveness and reasonable procedures, HM Treasury’s consultation and proposals reforming the Money Laundering Regulations, a property fraud claim against a regional law firm, an analysis of the expanded corporate liability proposal in the Crime and Policing Bill, the government’s modern slavery reporting template, and the ICO’s consultation on changes to data protection complaint handling.

This week's edition of Practice Compliance weekly highlights includes: the latest sanctions news, guidance on the ‘failure to prevent fraud’ offence giving nine months for companies to get their house in order, approval of certification criteria for EU Data Protection Seal under EU GDPR by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), and the NCSC annual review warning of escalating cyber threats and calling for increased vigilance.