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AML risk asessment review

3rd October 2018 | Regulation

Has your firm completed an AML risk assessment? It's an essential part of law firms' anti-money laundering activity

Money laundering and the professions – what next?

1st October 2018 | Regulation , Business support

Graham Barrow, anti-money laundering consultant and writer about financial crime, discusses the UK Government’s recent announcement regarding the professions and money launderers.

HM Treasury annual frozen assets review

26th September 2018 | Regulation

HM Treasury frozen asset annual review - reporting period ends on 13 October.

Regulation – in everyone’s interest

12th September 2018 | Regulation

Our Regulatory Committee plays a crucial role in overseeing our regulatory functions. Carole Ford, the lay convener to the committee, discusses some of its recent work and decisions

Opportunities for influence and development on our committees

5th September 2018 | Law Society news , Professional support , Regulation , For the public

Solicitors and non-solicitors have the opportunity to get involved with the work of the Law Society of Scotland, influencing decisions affecting the Scottish legal profession and helping to shape good law.

Judicial Factor appointed to Glasgow law firm

29th August 2018 | Regulation

The Law Society has successfully petitioned the Court of Session to appoint a Judicial Factor to a Glasgow law firm

GDPR - what now?

30th July 2018 | Professional support , Regulation

Tim Musson, Convener of the Law Society of Scotland’s Privacy Law Committee, discusses General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance in the post-enforcement world.

Our support for Scottish Government's Consumer Scotland

5th July 2018 | Law Society news , Regulation , Research and policy

We have expressed our support for the Scottish Government’s plans to establish a single consumer body, Consumer Scotland.

Countdown to AML registration deadline for Scotland’s law firms

22nd June 2018 | Regulation

Law firms in Scotland are urged to complete the new, compulsory anti money laundering (AML) registration process before 26 June 2018.

Legal aid mandates guidance

13th June 2018 | Legal aid , Regulation

A reminder from our Civil Legal Aid Quality Assurance Sub-Committee that all firms should keep a fully completed and signed legal aid mandate on their legal aid client files.