Duncan Finlyson Articles March 26, 2025 Lawyers blamed again for economic crime! Labour peer Baroness Margaret Hodge urges government to extend corporate criminal liability reforms ... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles March 25, 2025 The SRA’s Evolving Approach to SLAPPs The SRA has issued a new public statement reaffirming and expanding its position on SLAPPs, particul... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles March 17, 2025 The Future of the SRA: Challenges and Opportunities for the Incoming Chief Executive With the impending departure of Paul Philip, the Chief Executive of the Solicitors Regulation Author... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles February 24, 2025 Biometric Data and CDD Checks: A Data Protection Perspective Client due diligence (CDD) checking is an important aspect of the work of all law firms and a corner... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles February 18, 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill – the potential impact on DSARs and vexatious requests How the anticipated Data (Use and Access) Bill might reshape DSAR obligations, the ramifications for... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles February 15, 2025 SRA’s Sham Litigation Warning Notice: Key issues for UK solicitors The SRA have issued a new Sham Litigation Warning Notice highlighting its current concerns and under... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles January 21, 2025 Training in 2025 – gearing up to meet continuing competence expectations Recent reports and guides from the SRA indicate that it is getting serious about continuing competen... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles November 21, 2024 How Client Money is Handled The SRA has for some time now been obsessed with making changes to the ways in which client accounts... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles November 19, 2024 The Continuing Pressure for Demonstrable AML Compliance The issue of what is expected of firms from the MLR 2017 continues to be highlighted by the regular ... Read More
Duncan Finlyson Articles October 16, 2024 Financial Services Advice and Insurance Distribution Of all of the areas of solicitor regulation, the provision of financial advice to clients is surely ... Read More