The regulatory ground is shifting beneath law firms’ feet. Conveyancing transactions are growing more complex, data volumes are expanding at pace, and the methods used by modern criminals, from deepfakes to layered shell structures, are becoming increasingly difficult to detect through traditional means. For many firms, especially high street practices where there the compliance officers… Read more: Redefining AML Risk: Why Law Firms Must Embrace AI-Driven Compliance

AML compliance has moved firmly to the front of the agenda for UK law firms. With the Solicitors Regulation Authority taking a more assertive stance and the courts broadening the scope of what constitutes money laundering an independent AML audit is the most important step they can take right now. The Regulatory Mood Has Changed… Read more: Independent AML Audit Should Be Your First Move – Here is Why

For the last few years, the SRA’s annual AML data collection has been treated by many firms as a compliance formality. Fill in the numbers, hit the deadline, move on. That approach is now genuinely risky. Here’s why 2026 is different. The AI Cross-Check The SRA is deploying AI analytics this year to cross-reference AML… Read more: The SRA’s AML Questionnaire Is About to Get Much Harder to Bluff