All Money laundering and financial crime articles
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NewsPalantir primed to access law firm AML data
Controversial US tech giant is on the verge of landing a crime detection contract with the Financial Conduct Authority.
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NewsDentons challenges AML breach ruling at Court of Appeal
Not every breach of rule or regulation should be treated as a matter of misconduct, international firm argues.
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NewsJudgment reserved in first SLAPP strike-out bid
Defendants say £8m action brought by tax barrister bears hallmarks of abusive litigation.
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OpinionWhy risk and compliance matters more than ever
Solicitors are facing an expanding set of regulatory, technological and operational pressures.
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NewsCompany that failed to pay £2 million penalty says SFO cannot enforce DPA
Serious Fraud Office returns to the High Court over a deferred prosecution agreement dating from 2019.
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NewsAML: One third of inspected firms not compliant
A total of 833 firms received either an onsite AML inspection or a desk-based review in 2024-25.
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OpinionWhen risk becomes discrimination in property law
Legitimate clients are being flatly refused by lenders and solicitors because of their family names.
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FeaturePreparing your firm for new rules on forming companies
(Sponsored content.) Nikoo Ordodary, Director, Business Law at legal software professionals Dye & Durham, explains how the Economic and Crime Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) can impact your firm.
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NewsWhistleblower solicitor condemns eight-year cum-ex litigation
High Court dismisses £1.4bn claim by Danish tax authority despite defendant's 'implausible claims and obvious lies'.
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News‘Actively dishonest’ partner helped misappropriate £2.4m
London firm found to be vicariously liable for solicitor’s ‘complete disregard for his professional obligations’.
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NewsSolicitors plead with Treasury to rethink extra AML burden
Proposed amendments to pooled client account will heap extra delays and costs, practitioners warn
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NewsLawyers reject ‘high risk’ rating for money laundering
Home Office and HM Treasury assessment has repeatedly ranked legal services providers as highly attractive to criminals.
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NewsIn depth: Lawyers advised on how to counter money laundering risk
Solicitors attending Law Society's economic crime conference urged not to treat risk assessments as tick-box exercises.
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NewsCity lawyers attack Leveson jury plan
Fraud proposals ‘risk an absolute and eternal abolition of fundamental rights to ostensibly fix a relatively short-term problem’.
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NewsIn focus: D-day for new 'failure to prevent' offence
SFO will be keen to bring the first prosecution for the new offence, so that companies ‘feel the bite’.
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OpinionA smorgasbord of navigable wisdom
Fiona du Feu reviews 'Risk and Compliance Questions and Answers (2nd edition)'.
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OpinionWarning signals
Fraud Markers, De-banking, and Financial Crime: A Legal Analysis of Counter-fraud Practices in the UK and Beyond.