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Don’t be a victim to money laundering
Monday, 12 April 2021Money laundering is very much in the legal news at the moment, especially as the Solicitors Regulation Authority is continuing with its thematic reviews looking at AML compliance within law firms; its most recent review looked into 74 firms and found some major failings, including inadequate training, no firm-wide risk assessments in place, and issues around source of funds checks.
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Access Group helps firms unlock limitless potential with new legal technology division
Friday, 9 April 2021The Access Group, one of the UK’s leading software providers has officially launched its new legal software division, Access Legal, promising to help the UK’s most ambitious law firms achieve their potential through a powerful suite of technology.
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Don’t be a fool this April 1st – Make sure you know the latest compliance news
Wednesday, 31 March 2021There’s a really easy way for you to keep up to date with the latest compliance news each month and all it will cost you is half an hour of your lunch break. The first Thursday of each Month, Access Legal’s Regulatory Director, Brian Rogers, holds a Compliance Update Webinar taking you through all of the latest changes in the legal regulatory landscape, picking out the details that you need to know and analysing how these changes will affect you.
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Competency, transparency, price comparison and inequality
Monday, 29 March 2021Law firms are facing a number of challenges arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic, including their ability to attract new clients and deal effectively with existing clients who are not 100% happy with the service they have received, for example, delays in obtaining searches in property transactions.
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Eight top Legal sessions you shouldn’t miss at Access All Areas 2021
Monday, 15 March 2021Access All Areas is The Access Group’s bi-annual knowledge-sharing summit bringing 4,500 professionals together across the Access organisation, and this time, it’s 100% virtual.
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Price transparency compliance unacceptably low
Tuesday, 16 February 2021The Solicitors Regulation Authority has recently found that compliance with its transparency rules remains unacceptably low and has been using its enforcement powers to punish non-compliant firms; in January 2021 alone nine firms were either rebuked or fined for not complying with their obligations.
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Prepare your people, protect your data, preserve your law firm reputation
Tuesday, 19 January 2021The professional reputation of any law firm plays a critical role in their continued success. A strong reputation attracts people, clients and long-term relationships. But reputations can be fragile.
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How to successfully manage your team from home
Friday, 8 January 2021With what feels like the 10th lockdown in the past year, the same old challenges have arisen. How can your firm work from home efficiently, how can your firm go paperless to enable home working and how do you ensure compliance and security while everyone is at home? But another important issue for many firms is how to successfully manage your firm and individual teams virtually.
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Completing Client Due Diligence From Home
Tuesday, 8 December 2020As it’s nearly Christmas, let’s start with a Christmas Cracker joke Q: What did the unscrupulous solicitor get for Christmas? A: Suspended by the SRA for not completing Client Due Diligence adequately while working from home. I know, don’t give up the day job, but I’m sure by now you get the point of this article.
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How do you get more clients during lockdown?
Thursday, 19 November 2020Gone are the days where prospective clients would search through the Yellow Pages for a solicitor, or seek one out on the local high street. Now, especially with the lockdown, people are more likely to do a Google search on their phone during the ad break of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here
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