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Claims management activity - Guidance

This guidance explores professional duties and key risks for solicitors, law firms and their employees when representing clients during claims.

'No win, no fee' and other fee arrangements in high-volume consumer claims - Warning notice

This warning notice is relevant to all firms and individuals we regulate who work in high-volume consumer claims

Topic:

Client care

Sanctions regime - firm-wide risk assessments - Guidance

This guidance is aimed to help firms assess your exposure to risks associated with the UK’s sanctions regime.

Money laundering and terrorist financing suspicious activity reports - Warning notice

This Warning Notice reminds you of some of the key requirements to have in place adequate controls to prevent, detect and report money laundering and to make suspicious activity reports (SARs).

How we make decisions and the criteria we apply - Guidance

To help you understand the overarching principles that guide us when we make regulatory decisions and the criteria we apply.

Firm authorisation - Guidance

If you wish to set up a business providing legal services, understand whether the business needs to be authorised by us and how this is done.

Topic:

Authorisation

Complying with Principle 6 - encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion

To help you understand your obligations on equality, diversity and inclusion.

Publishing regulatory and disciplinary decisions - Guidance

Understand the approach we take when deciding whether to publish regulatory and disciplinary decisions on our website.

Meeting our standards for good qualifying work experience - Guidance

Understand how your firm can meet our expected standard when offering qualifying work experience (QWE).

Topic:

Employees

Registered Swiss lawyers - Guidance

How to practise in the UK as a Swiss lawyer.