No more blurry ID photos! Alpha Legal checks them for you
Are you fed up with clients sending you blurry photos of their driving licence or passport? Or perhaps they send you photos without the important serial numbers showing in full? What a waste of time this can be! Alpha Legal has the solution. If your client’s photo of their ID document (typically a driving licence or passport) isn’t good enough, they will be […]
Cyber crime and the increased risks of working from home
Paul Saunders, Managing Director of Legal Eye talks to Tom Lyes, Director of Engagement for Lawyer Checker, about the rise in cyber security risks caused by recent changes to working patterns and working from home. This article was submitted to be published by Legal Eye as part of their advertising agreement with Today’s Wills and […]
LSAG AML Guidance for the Legal Sector 2021 – what does it mean for Risk Assessment, Due Diligence and Training?
CPD accredited firm Fraser and Fraser invite you to attend ‘AML Guidance for the Legal Sector 2021′ Legal Eye’s Senior Compliance and Regulatory Specialist, Norman Denton, discusses the latest Anti Money-Laundering Guidance and what it means for law firms. Norman will look to give firms guidance as to what they may need to address and why, […]
Do you know the top ten cyber attack reasons?
A new year is widely seen as the chance for a new start; time to look at your priorities with a fresh perspective and vigor. This new year has started very differently for all of us. Many won’t head into the office as we once would, and this brings with it it’s very own set […]
FREE Webinar: A Review of the Updated LSAG AML Guidance
If you’re an MLCO or MLRO, hopefully by now you have had chance to grab a copy of the latest LSAG Draft AML Guidance and started to thumb through its content. If you have, then you’ll have noted the many references to “Must”, “Should” and “May”. For those familiar with Lexcel and CQS, you’ll know […]
Webinar: How to protect yourself from a cyber attack
Not even a month into 2021 and already it has been a busy start to the year for law firms. This coupled with the new working from home culture unfortunately elevates the risk of law firms being subject to a cyber attack. In 2019, almost 50% of businesses in the UK suffered a cyber attack […]
Banks continue to blame customers for fraud issues
The Financial Ombudsman Service has revealed that there is a 36% rise in complaints with regards to how banks dealt with fraud and scams when compared to 2019. Last year, many banks and financial institutions signed up to the voluntary code, which meant that they refunded victims of fraud, if the victim isn’t at fault. […]
Lawyer Checker to Host Crucial Panel Discussion as Cybercrime Reaches New Heights
The Solicitors Regulation Authority have recently publicised their first thematic review investigating the impact of cybercrime. The review has highlighted a number of troublesome statistics making it definitively apparent that cyber related incidents leading to fraud remain one of the largest threats the legal sector faces. The SRA conducted the review by selecting a randomised […]
Lawyer Checker Aim to Raise Christmas Spirits and Cyber-Security Awareness with Gift Hamper Giveaway
Earlier this week, the cyber-security thought leaders Lawyer Checker launched two exciting competitions each with an exclusive gift hamper up for grabs. The items within include state-of-the-art tech such as an iPad mini and Bluetooth headphones as well as other items suitable for any discerning practitioner in the legal sector. Lawyer Checker is hopeful that […]
Solicitor brothers faced different fates following SDT
Two brothers, who are both solicitors in the wills and probate sector have received different sanctions from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) following an investigation. Petros Petrou accepted he should be struck off after he over charged two estates by £275,000. He also agreed to never apply for reinstatement to the roll. His brother Stylianos […]
Cyber scams on firms Increase by 31% during pandemic
UK businesses have lost more than £6.2 million to cyber scams in the past 12 months with nearly a third increase in cases during the peak of the pandemic, new research shows. From May to June this year, reported cyber scam cases on businesses increased by 31%. Cyber security company Nexor examined police data which […]
Two-fold rise in scam alerts since the start of the year
Law firms and individual professionals/practitioners across all sectors of the legal profession have been bombarded with scams while attempting to recover from the pandemic. The legal industry has been under attack over the last few months as the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have reported on a spike of scam alerts. Alarmingly, during the three-month period […]
SRA disclose a flurry of email scam alerts in days
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have issued eight separate email scam alerts impersonating law firms in a matter of days. All eight scams were reported on 5th, 6th and 7th October where emails had been falsely claiming to be from a law firm or an individual working for the business – with four of them […]
Solicitor Struck Off For Misconduct
Cabeer Ahmed has been struck off the solictor’s roll after being found guilty of misconduct. Prior to closing his firm, Ahmed used £100,000 from a client’s estate to re-pay debts he owed to HM Revenue & Customs and an indemnity insurer. His misconduct resulted in the Solicitor’s Compensation Fund having to pay twice that amount […]
SRA Issue Timely Reminder About Cyber Security
Last week the Solicitor’s Regulation Authority (SRA) issued their cyber crime thematic review, and reminded law firms that now more than ever was a time to remain cyber secure. The review focuses on 40 separate incidents of cyber crime reported between 2016-2019, with over £4million pocketed by criminals. With more firms now working remotely as […]
Make Sure Your Business Isn’t A Ticking Time Bomb…
Protect against tomorrow’s threats today Over the last 20+ years, our Directors have built up a strong relationship with Start Software. We have recently been listening to their advice on how to keep both our clients and business safe from the increasing risk of cyber attack. We thought what they had to say was really […]
Covid-19 Is Changing Criminal Behaviours
Are your private client team/will writing practitioners up to speed with the frauds that you might inadvertently get caught up in? The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) which describes itself as the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, including organisations like Interpol etc, have recently held a series of webinars which might help shed […]
Join Us As We Prepare To Do Battle Against The Hackers!
Time for change Recently, we have all made many changes to the way we work. At Countrywide Tax & Trust Corporation Ltd we used this as an opportunity to step back and take a fresh look at everything we do. One of those changes is to create an even more extensive range of topics for […]
Suspended Sentence For Sister Who Attempted To Defraud Siblings Of Inheritance
Susan Johnson forged her late mother’s signature on documents relating to her will, disinheriting her two siblings of their equal share in the estate. Nottinghamshire Police conducted an investigation after suspicions were raised by Ms Johnson’s two siblings. During the investigation, it was revealed that following her mother’s death in 2016, Ms Johnson supplied a […]
The Hidden Enemy
Covid-19 has meant a big change in the way people work and with thousands of people now working remotely it means that now, more than ever, we all need to be reviewing our systems thoroughly and taking a long hard look at the risks our businesses and our clients face every day from a hidden […]
