Risk & Compliance

Articles

Moving feast: how compliance officers' roles are taking shape

With little guidance from the regulator, COLPs and COFAs only have their judgement to determine how they should discharge their duties - until the first disciplinary cases start clarifying the position, says Joanna Kingston-Davies

Written agreements are crucial when managing client expectations

Terms of engagement are vital in order to protect your firm, even if they're not ?regulatory requirement, says Eleanor Kilner

LeO to handle claims management complaints from next year

MoJ finally confirms change which it says will happen 'later in 2014'

Drawing a retainer to an end can be a minefield

Supply closure to your client and avoid conduct and commercial risk, says Tracey Calvert

Firms at risk: A new approach to resuscitating law firms in distress

The legal profession urgently needs to establish a new expert panel to help law firms facing regulatory intervention or insolvency, says Lesley Graves

The wider picture: Where UK law firms are failing in risk management

Are you ready to stand back ?and review the sustainability of your business as a whole from ?both a risk and a compliance perspective, asks Frank Maher

Cash in, cash out: The art of money laundering compliance

Lee Baxter provides some practical pointers for UK law firms on how to manage the risks of anti-money laundering compliance

Avoiding the downwards spiral towards financial failure

Sound financial management is not just a matter for the regulator, says George Bull