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Treasury to scrap money laundering offences
Monday, 28 March 2011The government intends to abolish more than 24 regulatory offences under the money laundering regulations, the Treasury has revealed. It is also working with some of the largest City law firms and other major services providers to launch a “log of professional readiness” that will help school leavers and undergraduates prepare to apply for jobs in the City.
Tags: equality and diversity, money laundering
Posted in News, Regulation
Do solicitors get a raw deal?
Sunday, 17 October 2010Why is it that solicitors have to jump through so many regulatory hoops when taking on a client, as compared to other professionals and especially unregulated legal providers. Should the “act” not override the “actor”? It may all be unfair on solicitors, reckons Martin Gregory of Legal Futures Associate Lateral Law.
Tags: Client care, money laundering, Solicitors Code of Conduct
Posted in Blog
BSB to focus on four key areas of compliance as it rolls out chambers monitoring
Friday, 17 September 2010Every chambers in England and Wales is to be quizzed on their approach to equality and diversity as part of a new monitoring scheme being rolled out by the Bar Standards Board. The 791 chambers (of which 391 are registered as sole practitioners) are also to face questions on how they handle complaints, their policies on pupillage, and compliance with anti-money laundering rules.
Tags: bar standards board, chambers, complaints-handling, equality and diversity, money laundering, pupillage
Posted in Barristers, News
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Five key issues to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech
As generative AI starts to play a bigger role in our working lives, there are some key issues that your law firm needs to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech.
Bulk litigation – not always working in consumers interests
For consumers to get the benefit, bulk litigation needs to be done well, and we are increasingly concerned that there are significant problems in some areas of this market.
ABSs, cost and audits – fixing regulation after Axiom Ince
A feature of law firm collapses and frauds has sometimes been the over-concentration of power in outdated and overburdened systems of control.
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