The 5th Money Laundering Directive (‘5MLD’) was implemented into UK law on 10 January 2020. Its aim is to amend and strengthen the current Money Laundering Regulations (MLR). The 5MLD applies to all firms whose...
A recent survey conducted by LawNet, the network of mid-sized and smaller firms, has found that reputation and trust remain the key factors for clients when differentiating between a legal services provider. De...
Lexcel is the Law Society’s legal practice quality mark for practice management and client care. It is a scheme for any type of practice to certify that certain standards have been met following independent ass...
Smaller firms taking the lead A recent report has concluded that large firms are now losing their talent to smaller competitors. The Bellwether Report 2019: Stress in the Legal Profession found that despite num...
Despite the SRA Transparency Rules 2018 (‘the Rules’) coming into force in December 2018, the regulator has recently announced that following a review of 500 law firm websites, almost 20% made no effort to comp...