An Independent AML Audit for your firm is required by Regulation 21 of The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017. Did you know this? The SRA reviewed 74 solicitors’ firms between September 2019 to October 2020 and found that only about 20% had ever conducted an AML […]
Delighted to be able to announce that we've had our 1st client's QWE approved by the SRA - possibly the first anywhere. I've developed a service as an External Confirming Solicitor to help those Aspiring Solicitors who do not have a solicitor in their organisation to confirm the QWE. Here's a link to the service: […]
Here are answers to questions raised at a recent webinar Ingemar Hunnings ran for Aspiring Solicitors about the SQE & QWE. These have come from the SRA. We hope they will be helpful. 1. Do you have anything that sets out the format of each exam and the expected plan for the day. For example, […]
Making sure you are complying with the Solicitors Accounts Rules is a constant worry for law firm owners. If you are a small solicitors firm, when do you need to start having your Client Account Audited? If you are running a Client Account and If the average amount held in Client Account at the monthly […]
This blog has been rewritten because the method for doing this has been changed by the SRA. No longer do you use the pdf form which they used to require. Here is a link to a podcast if you prefer to listen to what to do: https://anchor.fm/ingemar9/episodes/How-to-register-your-QWE-with-the-SRA-SQE-route-e1dpjk3 Instead log onto your 'MySRA' account on the […]
On 24th March 2021 the UK Government published it's annual survey of UK businesses, charities and education institutions as part of the National Cyber Security Programme. The findings help these organisations to understand the nature and significance of the cyber security threats they face, and what others are doing to stay secure. It is an […]
There is a lot of information in this guidance. It is pretty comprehensive. We do not seek to reproduce it all here but just to highlight the main principles and offer some assistance. There is a link at the end to the full guidance. They state quite openly that following this guidance will not be […]
The SRA have published the dates for the SQE exams. You will need to register with Kaplan by the deadline to obtain your candidate number and pay your fee to be able to sit each exam. SQE1 & SQE2 written exam will take place at Pearson VUE test centres in the UK and internationally. The […]
(N.B. Remember there is also a £4,115 cost of taking SQE1 and 2 exams themselves.) We have been asked by several Aspiring Solicitors where they can find a list of providers of training for the SQE. So, we have done a bit of spade work to bring together in this blog what we can find. […]
