2025 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.
December
Newsletter
This month's newsletter covers:
AML & Financial Crime
- Move to a single UK sanctions list
- SRA’s thematic review of source of funds and wealth compliance
- Law Society and NCA team up to help firms prevent payment diversion fraud
- Law firms to register with HMRC as tax advisers and meet minimum standards
Data Protection
- The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025
- Free NCSC Cyber Action Toolkit for small businesses
Legal Aid
- April 2026 duty rota amendment deadline
- Average Payment Scheme & CCMS
November
Newsletter
This month's newsletter covers:
Compliance & Management
- Regulatory guidance issued on the conduct of litigation
- CILEx Regulation able to grant standalone litigation rights
- Changes to insurance for BSB-regulated entities
- FSCS deposit limit protection increasing
AML & Financial Crime
- 2024-25 AML annual report
- FCA to assume AML supervision from the SRA: what firms need to know
- Companies House Identity Verification
Legal Aid
- Extension of 2024 Standard Civil Contracts
October
Newsletter
This month's newsletter covers:
Compliance & Management
- Annual assessment of continuing competence
- Legal correspondence should become more gender-inclusive
- Changes to Criminal Procedure Rules regarding media reporting
- LeO blog series to help prevent complaints
- CLC review of conveyancing referral fees
AML & Financial Crime
- AML supervision of law firms to be transferred to the FCA
- High risk countries updated
- Filing information with Companies House
Legal Aid
- 2025 Crime Contract
September
Newsletter
This month's newsletter covers:
Compliance & Management
- 2024/2025 practising certificate and firm registration renewals
- Clarification of remit of non-authorised persons in litigation work
- SRA thematic review of high-volume consumer claims
AML & Financial Crime
- Consultation on changes to Money Laundering Regulations 2017
- Failure to prevent fraud offence
- Starter Guide to UK Sanctions
- UK Sanctions Perceptions Survey
Legal Aid
- Restoration of LAA online services
August
Newsletter
This month's newsletter covers:
AML and Financial Crime Prevention
- HM Treasury consultation on Money Laundering Regulations
- National Risk Assessment of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing 2025
- AML Sectoral Risk Assessment updated
- Defence against money laundering threshold increased
- Client and matter risk assessments
- High risk countries updated
July
Newsletter
This month's newsletter covers:
Compliance & Management
- Law Society Insights’ Community
- Changes to Law Society or SRA directory records
- Change to Specialist Quality Mark Accreditation Period
AML & Financial Crime
- SRA anti-money laundering and sanctions data collection
- Reliance on other lawyers’ sanctions checks
AI & Legal Tech
- SRA Lawtech
- 2025 Generative AI in Professional Services Report
Legal & Regulatory News
- Intellectual Property Office corporate reports
- Independent Review of the Criminal Courts
Legal Aid
- Criminal Defence Direct Tender
- Review of Civil Legal Aid: Towards a sustainable future, consultation response
June
Newsletter
This month's newsletter covers:
Compliance & Management
- Further SRA Thematic Review work
- SRA’s Firm Diversity Data submission process commenced
- Proposed changes to rules on first tier complaints
- SRA 2025/26 Business Plan and Budget
- Sentencing Review Reforms
AML and Financial Crime Prevention
- Sanctions Compliance in the Legal Sector: Threat Assessment
- LSAG Updates
- SRA AML and Sanctions Data Collection
Legal Aid
- Legal Aid Agency cyber security incident
May
Newsletter
This month's newsletter covers:
Data Protection & Information Security
- ICO consultation on the draft updated guidance on encryption
- Data Protection & Information Security Resources available to law firms
- Handling Client’s Data Subject Access Requests
- Legal Aid Agency Data Breach
- Data Retention
- Use of WhatsApp in Law firms
April
Newsletter
This month's newsletter covers:
Compliance & Management
- Remaining on the Roll
- SRA diversity data collection exercise
- SRA’s approach to SLAPPs
AML and Financial Crime Prevention
- Failure to Prevent Fraud Offence
- OFSI 2023-24 Annual Review
Legal Aid
- Civil Fixer Services
- Legal Aid Agency Survey
- Revised Civil Legal Aid Eligibility Keycard
- LAA’s Data Security Requirements
March
Newsletter
This month's newsletter covers:
Compliance & Management
- Remaining on the Role
- Investigative & Litigation Support Service providers
- New charge for financial product mis-selling claims
- SRA’s Lawtech Insight
AML & Financial Crime Prevention
- High Risk Third Countries
- Trade Sanctions
- Crypto Technologies
Legal Aid
- Crime Duty Solicitor April 2025 rotas
- New Functionality within ‘Apply for Criminal Legal Aid’
- Special Children Act case outcomes reporting changes
- Section 8 Fully Costs Case Plans
- Apply for legal aid for civil contempt cases
February
Newsletter
This month's newsletter covers:
Compliance & Management
- SRA Survey on Complaints Handling
AML and Financial Crime Prevention
- When did you last check your AML authorisation?
- Sham Litigation
BSB
- Entity Renewal Process
- BSB Five Year Strategy
Legal Aid
- Recent Criminal Legal Aid Fee Increases for Lower End Work
- Legal Aid Consultation
- 2025 Crime Contract Tender Verification
- Legal Aid Agency Auditing
- Updated Forms
January
Newsletter
This month's newsletter covers:
Compliance & Management
- Risks in the Legal Profession
- SRA Thematic Reviews of Professional obligations and Probate
- Ongoing and future SRA Investigatory work
Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC)
- Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner rebrand
AML and Financial Crime Prevention
- Increased SRA investigative activity – AML audits and desk-based reviews
Legal Aid
- Change to LAA’s debt collection agency
- Crime Tender 2025 (Stage One Applicants)
- Crime Tender 2025 (Stage Two Applicants)
- Unbilled Inactive Cases Exercise
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