SRA ‘proud of AML progress’ ahead of FCA handover, as annual report reveals a third of assessed firms were non-compliant
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has released its Anti-Money Laundering Annual Report for 2024-25, a year in which the organisation says it made significant progress in preventing and detecting money laundering. With the government recently announcing the responsibility for overseeing anti-money laundering regulations will pass to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the SRA’s chief executive […]
Child welfare and safety to replace pro-contact culture as starting point in private law proceedings
Deputy Prime Minister, David Lammy, has said the government plans to “give every child the best start in life” and that trust in the justice system will be rebuilt “by putting victims first and ensuring that the protection of children is never compromised.” Part of this means ending the presumption of parental involvement, which came […]