by Yasmin Robinson | Aug 7, 2026 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has updated its sectoral risk assessment for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing, following HM Treasury’s publication of its National Risk Assessment. For firms within the scope of the Money Laundering Regulations,... by Yasmin Robinson | Feb 13, 2026 | News
The SRA has published an updated version of its Sectoral Risk Assessment on Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing. The assessment is a key document and must be taken into account when preparing and maintaining a firm’s practice-wide (firm-wide) risk... 
by Yasmin Robinson | Jan 28, 2026 | News
The SRA has today published updated guidance on sanctions regime firm-wide risk assessments, offering detailed expectations for how firms should identify, evaluate and mitigate sanctions-related risks across their business. Sanctions compliance is now recognised not... 
by Yasmin Robinson | Aug 1, 2025 | News
The SRA has published an update to its sectoral risk assessment. MLROs should read this document carefully and update their firms’ practice-wide risk assessments as necessary. The major changes from the previous Sectoral Risk Assessment (dated 5 March 2024) are... 
by Yasmin Robinson | Mar 5, 2024 | News
The SRA has updated its AML sectoral risk assessment. The major changes from the previous Sectoral Risk Assessment (dated 24 July 2023) are in relation to: Vendor fraud Pooled client funds Third-party managed accounts Irregular methods of transferring funds Sanctions...
