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Acting for cash-intensive high street businesses and relying on existing due diligence are "emerging" risks in the fight against money laundering, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has warned the legal profession.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/sra-warns-over-emerging-money-laundering-risks-for-law-firms

SRA warns over "emerging" money laundering risks for law firms Acting for cash-intensive high street businesses and relying on existing due diligence are “emerging” risks in the fight against money laundering, the SRA has warned.

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New figures show so-called 'crash for cash' scams have cost more than 25 million pounds over the last five years, as ITV News reports.

https://www.itv.com/news/2026-08-05/inside-the-multi-million-pound-world-of-crash-for-cash-scams

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A disgraced former solicitor who abandoned his clients with no reasonable explanation has been ordered to repay £92,000 and hit with indemnity costs, after a judge found he seriously abused the court's process.

https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/rogue-ex-solicitor-who-abandoned-clients-must-pay-92000-and-indemnity-costs/5127613.article

Rogue ex-solicitor who abandoned clients must pay £92,000 and indemnity costs Mesh claim practitioner was found to have ignored his duties to court with no reasonable explanation.

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The Legal Ombudsman has warned lawyers that using its new model complaints resolution procedure is not "a proxy" for regulatory compliance.

"While the framework has been designed to support effective complaint handling and align with regulatory expectations, service providers remain responsible for ensuring their complaints processes comply with their own regulatory obligations and deliver good consumer outcomes."

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/new-model-complaints-procedure-does-not-guarantee-regulatory-compliance

New model complaints procedure "does not guarantee compliance" The Legal Ombudsman has warned lawyers that using its new model complaints resolution procedure is not “a proxy” for regulatory compliance.

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A survey of 215 firms, solicitors, barristers and judges found that just 19% agreed that the reforms which ushered in Practice Direction 57AD had been a success.

Almost two-thirds disagreed that the changes had worked, with barristers most likely to answer this negatively.

https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/lawyers-make-plain-their-distaste-for-new-disclosure-rules/5127554.article

Lawyers make plain their distaste for new disclosure rules A survey of 215 firms, solicitors, barristers and judges found that almost two-thirds disagreed that changes had worked.

Conveyancers continue to bear the brunt of Anti-Money Laundering penalties, with the majority of the decisions published by the SRA in the first half of the year referring to the high-risk nature of the work.

Failures relating to client matter risk assessments were the most common cause of sanctions, with around 80% of the firms in breach of regulations found to have missing, late or undocumented risk assessments.

https://todaysconveyancer.co.uk/conveyancers-continue-bear-brunt-aml-penalties/

Conveyancers continue to bear brunt of AML penalties | Today's Conveyancer Conveyancers continue to bear brunt of AML penalties: Conveyancers continue to bear the brunt of AML penalties, with the majority of the decisions published by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in the first