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Read moreFollowing on from the SRA’s recent announcement on price transparency and the requirement for firms to share quality information; licensed conveyancers will be required to publish price and service information on their websites from December after the Legal Services Board approved their regulator’s new rules.
Read moreRisk and compliance advisory business Legal Eye is advising law firms to gear up for the introduction of new transparency requirements around price and quality of service.
Read moreThe UK government has again confirmed that it will adopt the EU Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD), enacted earlier this year. Lord Henley, a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, noted in a private letter to Margaret Hodge MP that the January 2020 deadline for transposition of the directive falls within the implementation period of Britain’s exit from the UK. HM Treasury is planning consultations in winter 2018/19 and spring 2019.
Read moreThe SRA’s risk outlook published this week has highlighted two main areas as requiring particular attention from law firms.
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