This training has been evolved to incorporate current regulatory guidance and emerging risk areas, including climate-related professional duty based on the Law Society's May 2025 Practice Note. The course helps all staff understand their role in identifying and preventing compliance failures, with new dramatized video content based on SRA enforcement cases.

CPD: 0.5 hours

A new tailored version specifically for partners, managers, and compliance officers, with an additional module compared to the Law Firms version. Covers management accountability, personal liability for compliance failures, and how to balance competing obligations while building effective risk management systems.

CPD: 0.67 hours

On the first Thursday of each month, Brian Rogers hosts a 45-minute compliance update webinar for the legal profession. These sessions have proven very popular with our clients, attracting over 5,000 registrants for the live broadcast.
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The November edition focused on the following topics:

CPD: 1 hour

Updated on a light touch basis to refer to neonatal care leave - leave for parents whose babies require specialist hospital care - to reflect the implementation of the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023 which came into force on 06.04.25 – it is now a statutory entitlement that firms must make staff aware of and facilitate.

Updated to reflect changes to right to work verification procedures effective from 01.01.25, when the Home Office transitioned to digital eVisas and discontinued physical Biometric Residence Permits. The guidance now covers three current verification methods employers must use to check a recruit's immigration status. Reference to verifying practising rights and authority to conduct litigation, where a role involves conducting litigation, in light of the Mazur case has also been added into the list of actions to undertake before a new recruit's first day.

This update ensures the policy reflects current SRA continuing competence requirements. Key changes include clarification that the "Reflect" step must consider all aspects of practice including ethical and professional obligations, enhanced annual declaration guidance emphasising the importance of evidence and acting honestly and with integrity, and a new mandatory AI training requirement for all staff using AI tools (covering safe use, data protection, accuracy and confidentiality risks).

Key changes include a new AI competence reflection section in the Training and Development Needs Questionnaire, an enhanced reflective practice template with competence mapping prompts to drive holistic reflection, an enhanced Training Feedback Form capturing evidence of learning application and gaps remaining, and an evaluation column in the Learning and Development Plan template asking "Did this address your identified need? How do you know?" These changes ensure your learning and development records clearly demonstrate meaningful learning rather than just training attendance, helping you provide evidence to support your annual SRA declaration if requested.

Key updates include enhanced accident reporting procedures for remote workers, clearer manager responsibilities for employee wellbeing and mental health support, expanded DSE provisions for homeworkers (including self-assessment requirements and manager check-ins), formal appointment of fire marshals with defined responsibilities, specific fire safety guidance for remote workers, first aid procedures for remote work scenarios, and employee obligations have been updated to reflect remote and hybrid working responsibilities.

Key updates include enhanced fire safety guidance incorporating the Fire Safety Act 2021 and Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 requirements for annual risk assessments and multi-occupied building responsibilities, clarification of RIDDOR reporting timescales (10 days for incidents, 15 days for over-7-day injuries), practical first aid provision guidance based on employee numbers, and reference to ISO 45003:2021 guidelines for managing psychological health and safety including wellbeing surveys and stress risk assessments.

The following policies and documents have been reviewed and confirmed as current with no changes required:

This release will be made available to all GRC for Law Firms and Policies & Precedents for Law Firms subscribers on November 13th 2025.

The following content has now been retired and will no longer be found in their respective libraries:

Our next content release is scheduled for December 10th. It will have updates to policies and webinars.

Additionally, our 2026 CQS Update courses are currently in production and anticipated to be available in February 2026. These courses will ensure conveyancing practitioners maintain compliance with the latest CQS protocol requirements.

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