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SQE information strategy

Anti-Money Laundering Visits 2019-2020

We are a supervisory authority under The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (“the regulations”). We have a role in checking firms are complying with the regulations and ensuring they have effective AML policies controls and procedures in place.

Legal Choices summary report 2017–2020

In response to recommendations in the December 2016 Competition and Markets Authority report on how the legal sector was working for consumers, the regulators agreed a three-year development plan for Legal Choices. This report sets out what we did and looks ahead to the next stages.

Risk Outlook 2020/2021

Welcome to our new Risk Outlook for 2020/21. The Outlook sets out our view on the key risks and challenges currently facing the profession, helping you to take steps to protect both your firm and your clients.

SRA Compensation Fund Annual Report and Financial Statements For the Year ended 31 October 2020

The primary object of the Compensation Fund (the Fund) is to replace money which a defaulting practitioner or a defaulting practitioner's employee or manager has misappropriated or otherwise failed to account for.

Better Information in the Legal Services Market

This report provides a summary of our wider evaluation into the impact of the SRA Transparency Rules, one year on from these being fully implemented.

Cyber Security - Thematic review

Thematic review: We wanted to know more about the experiences of firms that had been targeted by cybercriminals.

Investment schemes that are potentially dubious

Thematic review: A thematic review to enhance our understanding of typical schemes and explore how and why solicitors become involved

SQE Briefing

This briefing sets out the story of the development of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination(SQE)to date, covering the rationale, the objective and the detail of the work that has been undertaken on a range of important components of this new approach to qualification.

EDI Risk Assessment