GRC for Law Firms
Data Protection for Law Firms (Course)
Course updated to reflect full commencement of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA). Legislation section rewritten to describe the current three-instrument UK data protection framework (UK GDPR, DPA 2018, DUAA 2025). Seventh lawful basis (recognised legitimate interests) added. Legitimate interests, PECR, automated decision-making, privacy notices, DSARs, and breach notification sections all updated to reflect DUAA changes in force from 5 February 2026. New section added on the mandatory data protection complaints procedure, in force 19 June 2026. Essential documents list updated accordingly. Seven new assessment questions added.
CPD: 0.78
Data Protection for International Law Firms (Course)
Course updated to reflect full commencement of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA). All updates applied to Data Protection for Law Firms (June 2026) have been applied to the shared activities in this course. International data transfers activity updated to reflect DUAA 2025 changes to the transfer risk assessment framework, now referred to in statute as a data protection test, with a revised adequacy threshold in force from 5 February 2026. Adequacy decisions section updated to reflect current UK-EU adequacy status. Transfer mechanisms guidance updated to clarify the correct mechanisms for UK firms. Ten new assessment questions added, including three specific to international transfers content.
CPD: 0.65
Monthly Compliance Update - June 2026 (Webinar)
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. These update webinars focus on current and upcoming events within the legal regulatory space and some of the topics covered in this edition were:
SRA makes unprecedented cash call on the profession
SRA focus returns to the future of the client account
Annual AML data collection exercise to start in July
New data protection complaints process
AI supervision errors
Live broadcast: 01/06/2026
CPD: 1 hour
This webinar is intended as a bulletin-style update covering the latest regulatory and compliance developments in the Legal sector.
On-demand recordings of these webinars are made available through our LMS. You can find these recordings, as well as other webinars, inside the ‘Monthly Compliance Updates’ catalogue. You can also register to attend the live sessions by registering here.
GRC for Estate Agents
Data Protection for Estate Agents (Course)
The course has been maintained in line with the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA).
CPD: 1 hour
Policies and Precedents for Law Firms
We have applied changes across our data protection related policy templates to incorporate section 103 of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, commencing on 19 June 2026.
Complaints and Reporting Policy (Version 4.0)
Data Protection Breach Reporting Procedure (Version 3.0)
Data Protection Policy (Version 3.0)
Data Subject Access Request Policy (Version 3.0)
Digital Identity Verification Process Policy (Version 2.0)
Retention and Disposal Policy (Version 3.0)
Retirements
The following content has been retired this month and is no longer available in its respective library.
Data Protection for Barristers’ Chambers
Monthly Compliance Update - June 2025
How will this be made available?
This release will be made available to all GRC for Law Firms and Policies & Precedents for Law Firms subscribers on 18 June 2026.
Please note, if you are a client utilising our ContentServe solution you will need to download the latest Pathways into your LMS.
We hope you enjoy this latest content release and if you have any queries, please look at our Access LMS Evo Help Centre.
What's Coming Next?
Our next release is scheduled for 30 July 2026. It includes updates to our Anti-Money Laundering courses, featuring insights from barrister Jonathan Fisher KC. We're also releasing a refreshed edition of How to be a COFA, produced in collaboration with the Institute of Legal Finance and Management (ILFM).
Changes Coming to Policies and Precedents for Law Firms
Over the next few months, we'll be continuing with changes to the Policies & Precedents library. Look out for separate communications with more detail as these changes are rolled out. No action is needed right now — we'll keep you informed along the way.
If you would like to find out more information about our Legal Learning products or inquire on adding any of these products to your account, you can find more information regarding this here.
Kind Regards
Access Legal Learning Team