Regulatory compliance

SRA | GDPR | AML | Legal Aid

The regulatory burden on law firms has never been greater. Regulatory complexity is at an all-time high. Let JRS Consultants guide you through your compliance challenges.

The compliance challenge

For many law firms, compliance can feel like a game of 'Whack a Mole': you tackle one crisis and another one pops up the following month!

We can assist with all aspects of regulations; some of our key specialisms are set out on the right.

Those clients signing up to our Retainer Services benefit from a having a comprehensive compliance oversight. We will migrate you onto our highly-acclaimed Quality Procedures Manual system whereby we maintain your compliance documentation for you.

AML and Sanctions

As one of the leaders in law firm AML compliance we have successfully steered hundreds of clients through AML audits. Our documentation has won plaudits for its comprehensive nature and quality.

We can bring peace of mind to your practice in the knowledge that your documentation, systems and practice are sound.

Moreover we can help embed best practice through our popular AML training sessions.

Data Protection and GDPR

Data protection compliance continues to be a major challenge for law firms. Serious breaches can attract the attention of the SRA and ICO. Regulators expect firms to have proper systems in place that are compliant with GDPR. Our experience is that many firms do not have such systems.

We have assisted hundreds of firms in getting their systems in order. We also support our clients in relation to subject access requests, ICO audits and data protection impact assessments.

With our huge body of knowledge of UK GDPR, our data protection and cyber security sessions are very popular with clients.

Legal Aid

As acknowledged leaders in all things legal aid, you can rely on us to maintain your compliance with LAA contract requirements.

Our expertise extends across all aspects of legal aid including tendering, claiming, appeals, peer review, audits, SQM etc.

Whether you have a specific concern or would like us to take over your compliance management via our Retainer Service, there's very little we can't do in the sphere of legal aid.

SRA Standards & Regulations

Our Quality Procedures Manuals have been carefully crafted to meet SRA requirements. Adhering to our QPM means that you will be confident that the key aspects of the Codes of Conduct are addressed such as COLP/COFA roles and breach reporting.

We are also able to craft Compliance Plans and Risk Registers for you.

We have huge experience of the SRA Transparency Rules. We can conduct audits of compliance for you and provide bespoke scripts to help you address the requirements. We can also assist firms with their applications to the SRA such as a change in COLP/COFA, ABS applications etc.