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Residual Balances: The Compliance Time Bomb in Your Client Account
Guest Author Andrew Blatt, Murdochs Law As a regulatory and disciplinary solicitor working exclusively with solicitors and law firms, my engagement is rarely with practices that are fully compliant. Instead, I encounter firms and individuals under investigation by…
Client Money Under Scrutiny: SRA Breaks its Silence
Hot Topic By Kate Burt, CEO of HiveRisk On 21 September, the SRA released its long-awaited update following the consultation Client Money in Legal Services – Safeguarding Consumers and Providing Redress, some seven months after the consultation closed. The exercise attracted…
Verification, Transparency and Change: What Law Firms Need to Know About the Companies House Reforms
Boardroom Conversation By Kate Burt, CEO of HiveRisk The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCT Act) is reshaping the UK’s corporate landscape. It represents the most significant overhaul of the company registration regime since 1844, when Companies House…
High Alert: What the SRA’s 2025 AML Risk Assessment Means for Conveyancing Firms
Case Study By Kate Burt, CEO of HiveRisk Money laundering remains one of the most significant threats to the legal profession and enforcement activity in this area remains high. The SRA’s Sectoral Risk Assessment acts as a roadmap for…
It is abstract, darling.
Last Words By Christian Lister, Operations Director, X-Press Legal Services The term ‘mambypambyism’ was coined by Henry Carey in 1725 to mock sentimental excess, and I have a simple yet ruthless suggestion for running Government.If the NHS adds one million people…
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