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  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter July 2010

    15/07/2010
    [Adobe PDF Document - 278 KB]
    Outcomes-Focused Regulation (OFR) and Draft Code of Conduct - Quinn - The Renewal - Law Society Practice Notes - More POEMs - Legal ombudsman service - Enron - Duty to report serious misconduct -Ireland
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter May 2010

    25/05/2010
    [Adobe PDF Document - 157 KB]
    MLRO fined - Other AML news: Ireland, JMLSG, Bribery Act - Quinn Insurance and solvency of other insurers - Outcomes-focused regulation - Limiting liability - new SRA disciplinary powers - Top 100 Professional Indemnity Survey
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter March 2010

    31/03/2010
    [Adobe PDF Document - 226 KB]
    News from the USA - Quinn Insurance Limited - Council swaps - Legal Services Act - New Code of Conduct - Conflict rule changes (or not)- Anti-money laundering - Sale and leaseback - Limiting liability - Assigned Risks Pool consultation - Successor practice consultation
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter January 2010

    27/01/2010
    [Adobe PDF Document - 129 KB]
    Regulatory changes - SRA’s Practice Standards monitoring visits - Code of Conduct changes - £500,000 fines - Uncertainty and the Jackson review - Perpetuities and errors of law - Future of legal services - Perils for employers, and for employees - Policy coverage disputes: sham partnerships - Anti-Money Laundering.
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter November 2009

    30/11/2009
    [Adobe PDF Document - 186 KB]
    Anti-money laundering and bribery - successor practice consultation - ARP consultation - 2009 solicitors' renewal - solicitors' renewal in Ireland - Rule 9 Referrals (amendment to guidance notes) - Legal Banana Skins - Captives - Bank collapse - Hedge fund misrepresentation.
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter September 2009

    15/09/2009
    [Adobe PDF Document - 107 KB]
    The Renewal - Lender claims - Private client work - Equity Release Mortgages - Repeal of remuneration certificates - Legal Disciplinary Practice
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter July 2009

    29/07/2009
    [Adobe PDF Document - 298 KB]
    Solicitors renewal 2009 - Insurer insolvency - Single renewal date - SRA inspections of City firms Anti-money laundering: examples from life - Departing staff risks - Tenders and confidential information - Engagement letters and non-engagement letters - Swine flu pandemic
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter May 2009

    29/05/2009
    [Adobe PDF Document - 344 KB]
    The renewal - anti money laundering - sham partnerships - Review of regulation: Smedley & Lord Hunt - Amendments to the Solicitors’ Code of Conduct - MasterCigars - Limiting liability by contract.
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter March 2009

    26/03/2009
    [Adobe PDF Document - 203 KB]
    Compliance with Rule 5 Solicitors’ Code of Conduct - Top 100 Professional Indemnity and Risk Management Survey 2009 -Lessons from the USA - Liability of Professional Indemnity Partner to co-partners - Risk Management in the Legal Profession - Referral self-audit for compliance.
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter January 2009

    02/02/2009
    [Adobe PDF Document - 485 KB]
    Managing risk in the recession - Credit crunch employment issues - anti money laundering audit - referral arrangements self audit tool - Code of Conduct amendment – Rule 7 - Conflicts of interest.
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter November 2008

    26/11/2008
    [Adobe PDF Document - 226 KB]
    Credit crunch seminar, Strategic Risk Management Conflicts seminar, Anti-money laundering - your first review, conflicts resources, compliance lessons from Australia, SRA practice standards and conduct investigations, BS31100: code of practice for risk management
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter September 2008

    16/09/2008
    [Adobe PDF Document - 349 KB]
    The renewal (part 3), AML compliance review, data storage, securities litigation, mortgage fraud, SAR rules.
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter Jul 2008

    01/07/2008
    [Adobe PDF Document - 550 KB]
    The renewal (part 2), son of TAG, mortgage fraud warning, file audit by insurers, PSU visits, post mediation remorse.
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter May 2008

    01/05/2008
    [Adobe PDF Document - 593 KB]
    The renewal, property related claims, a rogue in your midst, property fraud, clients' expectations of risk management, equity release, client authority, share dealing policies.
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter Mar 2008

    01/03/2008
    [Adobe PDF Document - 609 KB]
    US perspectives on law firm risk management, Top 100 PI survey 2008, sub-prime and claims, AML, offshore trusts and tax.
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter Jan 2008

    01/01/2008
    [Adobe PDF Document - 460 KB]
    Anti money laundering,IBA Best Practice guide, client care and costs, MasterCigars, errors in practice, supervision - or lack of it.
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter Nov 2007

    01/11/2007
    [Adobe PDF Document - 630 KB]
    Anti money laundering, new partner for Legal Risk, OK CHAPS, mortgage fraud, US mergers limiting liability in litigation.
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter Sept 2007

    01/09/2007
    [Adobe PDF Document - 729 KB]
    Anti money laundering, Code of Conduct, limiting liability, IBA, cross-border risk, information barriers, document retention.
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter Jul 2007

    01/07/2007
    [Adobe PDF Document - 587 KB]
    Code of Conduct, money laundering, large claims and cross-border issues, the renewal, insurance mediation.
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter May 2007

    01/05/2007
    [Adobe PDF Document - 509 KB]
    Code of Conduct - in force 1 July 2007, money laundering.
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter March 2007

    01/03/2007
    [Adobe PDF Document - 709 KB]
    Code of Conduct, mergers and lateral hires, money laundering, limiting liability in litigation, trusts, referral fees.
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter Jan 2007

    01/01/2007
    [Adobe PDF Document - 360 KB]
    Risk forecast 2007, money laundering, aggressive tax planning, Code of Conduct, compulsory risk management.
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter Oct 2006

    01/10/2006
    [Adobe PDF Document - 443 KB]
    Money laundering, conduct rules referral fees, conveyancing - the next hit, partnership issues, cross-border issues.
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter Jul 2006

    01/07/2006
    [Adobe PDF Document - 306 KB]
    The renewal, getting buy-in, lateral hires, secondments.
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter Apr 2006

    01/04/2006
    [Adobe PDF Document - 82 KB]
    Limiting liability, lateral hires, mergers and demergers
  • application/pdf Risk Update Newsletter Jan 2006

    01/01/2006
    [Adobe PDF Document - 258 KB]
    TAG, money laundering, FRED39, compliance visits.