2024 DG Legal Monthly Newsletters
Each month we provide our Retainer clients with a highly rated compliance bulletin covering what they need to know and what action they must take. Below we provide short summaries of our compliance bulletins as monthly newsletters.
This month's newsletter covers:
Compliance & Management
- SRA financial penalties consultation
- Mandatory AML and sanctions questionnaire
- Reminder to complete CQS update training
- New restrictions on fees in financial mis-selling claims
- Roles and responsibilities of the COLP and COFA
Data Protection
- Warning to firms over sending emails to incorrect recipients
AML and Financial Crime
- High risk countries updated
This month's newsletter covers:
Compliance & Management
- SRA warning to immediately replace client account shortages
- 2024/25 practising certificate fees and Compensation Fund contributions
- SRA consultation on 2024/25 Business Plan
- Law firms’ success in resolving first tier complaints
- New fees proposed for complaints to the Financial Ombudsman
Legal Aid
- October 2024 duty rota amendment deadline
- LAA cleanse of Police Station Representatives’ data
This month's newsletter covers:
Compliance & Management
- Warning over impersonation of law firms and employees
- Guidance and warning over conduct in financial services claims
Data Protection
- Information security questionnaire updated and new affirmation created
AML and Financial Crime
- New Law Society economic crime guides
- OFSI general licence for legal fees
Legal Aid
- LAA announces intentions for 2025 Crime Contract
This month's newsletter covers:
Compliance & Management
- Warning on accumulation of interest on client money
- SRA review of consumer protection
- Consultation on SRA regulation of CILEX students and paralegals
- Consultation on PC fee contribution to The Law Society
- Mandatory mediation in small claim disputes
- Guidance on email footers
AML and Financial Crime
- Consultations on changes to Money Laundering Regulations and cost of compliance
This month's newsletter covers:
Compliance & Management
- Applications to remain on the Roll
- Opportunity to comment on new internal investigations guidance
Data Protection
- Funded Cyber Essentials Plus for legal aid providers
- New ICO-approved data protection accreditation for legal service providers
AML and Financial Crime
- AML Sectoral Risk Assessment updated
- High risk countries updated
- Survey on threats to UK sanctions compliance
- General licence for payment of monies owed to a designated person
Legal Aid
- Additional Civil Contract Tender
- 2022 Crime Contract changes
This month's newsletter covers:
Compliance & Management
- End to allowance for video-witnessing of wills
- Consultation on new Employment Tribunal fees
- Approval to restrict fees in financial mis-selling claims
Data Protection
- Consultation on draft guidance for keeping employment records
- Consultation on draft guidance for data protection considerations when recruiting
AML and Financial Crime
- Further sanctions compliance guidance
- New differentiation between domestic and non-domestic PEPs
- Source for list of high risk countries amended
- New exemption to requirement to submit DAML SARs
Legal Aid
- Further Civil Contract Tender
- Consultation on increase to criminal legal aid fees
- Review of inactive civil cases
This month's newsletter covers:
Compliance & Management
- LeO good costs service guidance
- Further SRA fixed penalties issued
- Update on client protection concerns
- Further work required to improve diversity of legal profession
Data Protection
- New online DSAR service
- Obligation to report cyber incidents
Legal Aid
- Call for evidence in Review of Civil Legal Aid
- Recruitment for LAA Review Panel Member
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