Risk & Compliance

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Regulator 'pushing open door' over civil standard of proof

SRA confident about statutory change to tribunal evidence rules

Law Society's mandatory CQS training anti-competitive, tribunal hears

Leading training provider claims tying courses to accreditation is abuse of dominant position

Translating risk management into fee-earner language

Risk management is good business sense, and if done well, compliance with the SRA rule book will be a natural consequence, explains Heather McCallum

Preparing for 4MLD

Trudy Dargeviciute discusses the UK's transposition of the new directive, and how this will affect firms' anti-money laundering systems and controls

Cyber crime: Preparing for attack

Are the SRA's principles and security practices both sides of the same argument, asks Peter Cohen

The obligation to obtain an accountant's report

Changes to the Accounts Rules intended to cut red tape have increased the administrative burden for practices that hold little client money, warns Jennifer Martin

White knight or quixotic soldier?

Worried about access to justice, the SDT has raised its head above the parapet, but its concerns are unlikely to have any lasting effect if it doesn't broadcast them consistently, writes Jean-Yves Gilg

Consistent approach needed for suitability test

Lack of clarity over how the SRA applies its test criteria is 'part of the problem', says former Law Society president