AML updates: are your risk assessments and controls still fit for purpose?
Date: Thursday 5 March Time: 12 noon Host: Rudi Kesic, chief executive officer of Lawtech and Tracy Thompson, Law Society–accredited compliance specialist Synopsis: Join Rudi Kesic, chief executive officer of Lawtech, and Tracy Thompson, lawyer and Law Society–accredited compliance specialist and Lexcel consultant, for a focused update on what’s changed in anti-money laundering (AML) compliance […]
SRA confirms ‘potential fraud and missing client money’ at PM Law
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has formally confirmed it is investigating “potential fraud, including the misappropriation of client money” at the Sheffield-based law firm PM Law after it unexpectedly closed on Monday 2nd February. In a statement published on the SRA website, Jonathan Peddie, executive director of legal and enforcement, confirmed the regulator is looking into […]
LSB should strengthen oversight to safeguard consumers, Law Society says
The Legal Services Board (LSB) should continue to strengthen its oversight of regulators’ performance to avoid consumer harm and prevent collapses such as Axiom Ince and SSB Group from happening again, the Law Society of England and Wales says. The comments were made in the Law Society’s response to the LSB’s 2026/2027 business plan consultation, […]
‘Concerning divergence’ in property crime detection
Estate and letting agents submitted just 890 suspicious activity reports (SARs) in 2024-25, down from 1,044 the previous year, while the legal sector increased its reporting from 2,419 to 3,392 over the same period. Figures published in the 2024-25 annual report from the UK Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU) show a widening gap between the two […]
Property Deals Insight signs up to OPDA
Property data platform Property Deals Insight has become the latest member of the Open Property Data Association (OPDA). Founded in 2019, Property Deals Insight was created to tackle “fragmented, inconsistent and hard-to-access data”, which they describe as one of the property market’s most persistent challenges. The platform brings together trusted data from across the property ecosystem […]
Post-completion: When can an application be made to alter the register?
This week in our regular look at post-completion issues, Priscilla Sinder and Maria Hardy from the PCC Education Hub explain how to make applications to alter the register. The post-completion experts share insight and advice every Tuesday; if you have any questions related to post-completion you’d like them to answer, email press@todaysconveyancer.co.uk. One of […]