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AI adoption needs intentionality
Monday, 13 October 2025The profession needs to be smart about the way it integrates AI. While the big firms can put money, time and resources into it, smaller firms should be careful and intentional.
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Increasing fines speak to a need for proactive compliance
Thursday, 25 September 2025Anti-money laundering is once again in the spotlight, with the FCA wanting to tackle what it perceives to be a failure among UK financial institutions to tackle money laundering.
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Compliance platforms shouldn’t be a one-size-fits-all solution
Wednesday, 17 September 2025Law firms are increasingly turning to technology to automate workflows and make important gains in efficiency and productivity.
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Is digital onboarding leaving the elderly behind?
Friday, 5 September 2025Whether you’re a legal practice or working in conveyancing law, you’ll need to conduct all the usual AML checks and due diligence no matter your client’s age.
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Embedding due diligence is the only way to close compliance gaps
Thursday, 28 August 2025According to a recent report by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), solicitors are still “high risk” for money laundering.
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Are we paying enough attention to international PEPs?
Tuesday, 19 August 2025As firms deal with more and more individuals linked to foreign governments, identifying high-risk PEPs is becoming more of a challenge – and the profession needs to up its game.
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ECCTA: How technology will help firms keep up with new AML regulations
Thursday, 7 August 2025The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) sets out a new approach to AML, and its measures are due to take effect over the coming months.
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How firms are unwittingly enabling money laundering – and what they can do to prevent it
Monday, 28 July 2025By Legal Futures Associate Checkboard Legal professionals are inadvertently facilitating money laundering. The government calls these “professional enablers” – individuals or organisations that have failed, whether by negligence or deliberate action, to do their due diligence. Conveyancing, trusts, and management of… Read More
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AML isn’t just a risk issue – it’s about client experience too
Tuesday, 15 July 2025Something that gets forgotten among all this noise is the impact onerous AML rules have on client experience. It’s a source of friction and it reduces trust and confidence.
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As AML regulations change, compliance platforms can help firms thrive
Thursday, 3 July 2025The UK government’s new industrial strategy promises a new approach to AML regulations, aimed at reducing the burden on small law firms and unlocking their potential for growth.
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Fixed recoverable costs: Sacrificing justice for predictability?
The extended fixed recoverable costs regime is failing to achieve its stated objectives. Instead of promoting fairness and efficiency, the rules are creating anomalies that undermine justice.
Expectations keep rising, so prioritise client experience
Law firms are facing growing pressure to place greater focus on client experience or risk falling behind in an increasingly competitive legal market.
Want sustainable growth? Look to operational excellence
Many firms are being forced to reassess where growth will come from. Increasingly, the answer lies in operational excellence: creating capacity from existing teams.
