GRC for Law Firms
Anti-Money Laundering for Law Firms (Course)
This is a full rebuild of the course. Key updates include:
Reflects the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/621, in force 30 June 2026), including narrowed EDD triggers for high-risk third countries, a revised EDD transaction trigger, new pooled client account obligations, and currency thresholds converted from euros to sterling
Covers the Crime and Policing Act 2026 and its extension of corporate criminal liability
Integrates counter proliferation financing consistently throughout, including in red flags, the legislative framework, and the firm-wide risk assessment obligations
Includes new material on trusts CDD, a structured CDD decision walkthrough, and updated guidance on UK PEPs
New video content from barrister Jonathan Fisher KC, a leading authority on financial crime and the proceeds of crime, who appeared in the Channel 4 documentary From Russia With Cash.
CPD: 1 hour
Anti-Money Laundering for Support Staff (Course)
A standalone course built specifically for support staff. Key updates include:
Reflects the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/621, in force 30 June 2026)
Covers the Crime and Policing Act 2026 and its extension of corporate criminal liability
Integrates counter proliferation financing throughout
Scenarios and knowledge checks written specifically for support staff roles — including accounts, reception, and file opening — rather than adapted from fee earner content
New video content from barrister Jonathan Fisher KC.
CPD: 0.67 hours
Monthly Compliance Update - July 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:
AML and sanctions data collection exercise
Splitting compliance officer roles
Accountants reports update
SRA Mazur guidance
FCA 'fit and proper' checks on transfer
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.
CQS
Conveyancing Update - June 2026 (Webinar)
Brian Rogers is joined by industry expert and consultant Tom Horrocks to discuss some of the recent developments in the space. Brian and Tom focus on:
Climate change update
2026 Update of the Conveyancing Protocol
AI and developing competent conveyancers
CPD: 1 hour
To provide attendees with insights into key developments within the conveyancing 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.
Policies and Precedents for Law Firms
The following policies have been updated to improve format and structure, with content restructured around obligations, procedures and the regulatory framework, and customisation guidance moved into Word comments:
Client Care Policy (Version 4.0)
Email Policy (Version 4.0)
Financial Management Policy (Version 3.0)
Information Management and Security Policy (Version 5.0)
Learning and Development Policy (Version 3.0)
Data Protection Policy Supporting Documents
Both privacy notice templates (client-facing and staff-facing) have been updated to reflect the following changes introduced by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA). The checklist of action and questionnaire have been updated accordingly.
Complaints procedure — a "How to make a complaint" section added setting out how individuals can complain directly to the firm, reflecting the requirement under s.103 DUAA (in force 19.06.26) for all data controllers to operate a formal complaints procedure. Firms should ensure all placeholder fields are completed.
Automated decision-making — the data subject rights bullet, privacy notices guidance and questionnaire updated to reflect the new permitted-with-safeguards regime under s.80 DUAA (in force 05.02.26), replacing the previous Article 22 UK GDPR restriction. Firms using automated decision-making should review their practices against the four mandatory safeguards under Article 22C UK GDPR.
Information Management and Security Policy Supporting Document
Minor updates made including:
Corrected MFA terminology ("multi-factor identification system" → "multi-factor authentication").
Added a questionnaire bullet on reviewing cookies against the DUAA 2025 consent exemptions and updating the cookie notice accordingly.
Retirements
The following content has been retired this month and is no longer available in its respective library.
Monthly Compliance Update - July 2025 [Webinar]
Conveyancing Update - June 2025 [Webinar]
How will this be made available?
These respective updates will be made available to GRC for Law Firms, CQS, and Policies & Precedents for Law Firms subscribers on 16 July 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 27 Aug 2026. It includes updates to our renamed title How to be an effective COFA, produced in collaboration with the Institute of Legal Finance and Management (ILFM), as well as an updates to AI for law firms.
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