The SRA Transparency Rules came into force on 6 December 2018. Under Rule 1 of the SRA Transparency Rules, firms that practice in certain areas of law such as Conveyancing, Immigration, Probate, Motoring Offences and deal with Employment Tribunal Claims […]
Read MoreThe Money Laundering Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations came into force in June 2017 which repealed and replaced the Money Laundering Regulations 2007. New obligations cover: client due diligence, policies and procedures, central register […]
Read MoreThe new Core Practice Management Standards (CPMS) of the Law Society’s CQS accreditation came into effect on 1 May 2019, if your firm requires advice and assistance in ensuring compliance, please get in contact.
Read MoreThe SRA’s new Standards and Regulations (STaRs) are due to come into force on 28 November 2019. If your firm requires any advice and assistance in preparing for the impending changes then please get in touch. We offer in-house training […]
Read MoreThe Fifth Money Laundering Directive transposed into the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019. Comes into force today – 10 January 2020. The main requirements of the updated Regulations are as follows: Politically Exposed Persons – Firms need […]
Read MoreOur services support firms to comply with the SRA Code of Conduct and other regulatory objectives.
Performing the role of a COLP or COFA of a law firm need not be daunting or onerous. By outsourcing to Legal Compliance Consultants, firms can ensure they are ‘Keeping Compliance in Check’.
Legal Compliance Consultants have supported firms in making an application to achieve or maintain the Law Society’s Quality Service Standards such as Lexcel or CQS, as well as the Legal Aid Agency's SQM Standard.
Legal Compliance Consultants can support firms by providing in-house training to all staff to meet any learning and development needs. Legal Compliance Consultants are pleased to be able to offer a range of courses.
Legal Compliance Consultants can assist firms by implementing a system for file reviews and conduct onsite independent file review and compliance audits, including AML audits.
The SRA Code of Conduct requires firms to deal with the SRA in an open, timely and co-operative manner. We advise firms that are subject to an investigation and liaise with the SRA on the firm’s behalf.
Legal Compliance Consultants have a 100% success rate assisting Solicitors, Barristers and other Non-Lawyer Investors in making applications to the SRA for authorisation to practice.
This ranges from an annual Compliance Retainer Service, ad hoc instructions to deliver training, preparing a comprehensive Lexcel compliant Office Procedures Manual or simply an updated policy and procedure to comply with any new regulations.
Our Principle Consultant has a background of working for the Law Society, investigating issues of poor service and misconduct for over seven years and then providing compliance advice and assistance direct to the Legal Profession since 2011. She is also a Fellow of the Institute of Paralegals. Law firms can be confident in receiving expert compliance advice and practical assistance from highly experienced Legal Compliance Consultants.
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The Legal Ombudsman together with SRA recently published independent research, showing that there could be improvements in how some law firms deal with complaints. The London Economics and YouGov findings show it makes good business sense to handle complaints well, […]
Read MoreHaving worked for the predecessor to the Legal Ombudsman, the Legal Complaints Service for nearly 10 years and then setting up a consultancy where Solicitors outsourced their internal complaints procedure, I can safely say that I am somewhat of an […]
Read MoreWith less than 2 weeks until GDPR comes into force on 25 May 2018, is your firm on the journey to getting data protection ready? If not, here are our top ten tips to get you started… 1. Conduct a […]
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