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238,000 Suspected Mule Accounts Closed, and It Is Still Not Working In a recent update, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published findings of its latest multi-firm review...
Understanding Your Obligations - It Is Not Just About Regulatory Breaches Two recent actions by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), taken weeks apart, make the same point from...
Welcome to the Latest Roundup September proved to be one of the busiest months for regulatory news in recent memory. The SRA has paused the COLP and COFA separation, published a...
SRA Confirms Pause on COLP and COFA Separation Rules On 30 September, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) confirmed it is pausing implementation of the COLP and COFA...
Two Proposals Firms Need to Watch On 28 October 2026, Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey will deliver the Autumn budget, and with that date fast approaching, two proposals...
Gaining Vital Insights from Client Complaints We have previously written about the regulatory focus on complaints handling, first on the Legal Ombudsman’s proposed reforms and...
What Law Firms Need to Know About ICO Governance Changes On 30 September 2026, the Information Commissioner’s Office will formally become the Information Commission. The...
What Was the Recent Ruling Against the SRA? On 21 September 2026, the High Court handed down judgment in Carter-Ruck Solicitors & another v Solicitors Regulation Authority,....
Latest from RACO: What We've Published This Month It has been a busy few weeks for regulatory developments, and we have been covering them as they land on our news and insights...
What Has Happened Since Our Last Article When we published our practical guidance on the COLP and COFA changes in early September, the Legal Services Board (LSB) had just...
Some of the most recent enforcement decisions published by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) are worth taking notice of. Two came out of anti-money laundering desk-based...
The New COLP and COFA Rules Are Now Confirmed The Legal Services Board has approved the SRA’s rule changes separating the roles of COLP and COFA from individuals who hold...
The Second Phase of the Employment Rights Act 2025 In April, we wrote about the employment law changes that required firms to update their employee handbooks. Those changes,...
In an earlier guide, we covered the SRA’s updated Sectoral Risk Assessment and its focus on cybercrime and AI, concentrating on the emerging technology risks the regulator has...
SRA Releases Warning Notice on Using AI in Legal Work Firms are urged to read the recent warning notice from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on the misuse of artificial...
When speaking with fee earners about their understanding of what has changed for domestic politically exposed persons (PEPs), we often hear a similar response: they are lower...
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