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July 6, 2022
Legal Sector Affinity Group – Changes and approval by HM Treasury
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July 4, 2022
SRA News release: Post six-year run-off cover and the Solicitors Indemnity Fund: next steps
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July 1, 2022
SRA updated guidance on Confidentiality of client information, containing additional guidance on child abuse reporting and vulnerable clients consenting to disclosure
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June 30, 2022
SRA guidance: Accepting instructions from vulnerable clients or third parties acting on their behalf
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June 30, 2022
Supervision: Updated Law Society Practice Note
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June 30, 2022
The Solicitors Act 1974 and Administration of Justice Act 1985 (Amendment) Order 2022
This Order increases the maximum penalty that the Law Society (through the SRA) may direct a person to pay from £2,000 to £25,000.
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June 29, 2022
Law Society guidance: Impacts of economic instability on money laundering risk
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June 29, 2022
Law Society guidance: Remote working, client interaction and associated use of AML technology
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June 27, 2022
The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (Draft)
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June 21, 2022
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) adds Gibraltar to grey list of jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in its anti money laundering and counter terrorist financing regime
See here.