Regulatory
Our regulatory barristers frequently advise individuals and corporate bodies on various regulatory issues.
We also advise and represent clients before courts and tribunals when required (see also Professional Discipline). Compliance advice is given over a wide area including:
- Financial services legislation and the FCA Handbook COBS
- The Bribery Act (policies and procedures to prevent bribery)
- Suspicious activity reports in the regulated sector
- Reports to money laundering officers
- Corporate governance and reporting (POCA)
- Health & Safety Law
- Environmental Law
- Money Laundering, the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and the Money Laundering Regulations
- Solicitors’ Regulation, in particular Conduct and the Solicitors Accounts Rules, including:
- Responsibilities of the COLP (Compliance Officer for Legal Practice
- Duties of the COFA (Compliance Officer for Finance and Administration)
- Professional conduct:
- Solicitors’ Regulatory Authority (SRA)
- General Medical Council (GMC)
- General Dental Council (GDC)
- General Optical Council (GOC)
- Accountants (e.g. ICEAW) and Actuaries (AADB)
- Insolvency Practitioners (IPA)
- Trade sanctions
- Corporate governance where issues of exposure to criminal or regulatory proceedings may arise.
This is not an exhaustive list. Please contact our clerks for further information and assistance.
Get in touch
For further information and enquiries please contact our clerks team.
Call: +44 (0)20 7440 8888
Email: clerks@2bedfordrow.co.uk
Clerk: Paul Rodgers
Telephone: +44 (0)7894 125 434
Email: Click here
Latest Regulatory news and publications
Ashraf Khan successfully represents Social Work England in misconduct hearing
Instructed by Amy Wilson and Anna Craig of Capsticks LLP, Ashraf successfully represented Social Work England in its...
Sean Hammond successfully defends in General Optical Council fitness to practice hearing
Sean Hammond, instructed by Conor Heaney Solicitors, successfully defends GOC fitness to practise proceedings brought...
Austin Stoton a contributory author in the recently published 4th edition of “Company Directors, Duties Liabilities and Remedies” edited by Mortimer and Arnold
The 4th Edition of the leading textbook on company directors, “Company Directors, Duties, Liabilities and...
Ashraf Khan appointed as Legal Assessor to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Practice Committee.
Chambers is delighted to announce that Ashraf Khan has been appointed by the NMC to act as an independent Legal...
Ashraf Khan appointment
Chambers is pleased to announce Ashraf Khan has been appointed to the panel of Legal Advisers at the General Optical...
Regulatory Appeals – An Alternative Forum
The Court of Appeal[1] in Michalak v General Medical Council[2] has endorsed an alternative route of appeal to the...
