AML Client Matter Risk Assessments: Case Studies

Legal regulators have made numerous AML-related decisions in recent years. Please see the below anonymised case studies of AML non-compliance that mostly found during AML audits.

These case studies, often involving fines, touch upon AML Client Matter Risk Assessments. Some decisions result from an SRA AML Audit. Lexsure aims to ensure these example decisions are accurate but please note that they are not the full decisions.

The case studies here mostly relate to SRA AML decisions and do not offer a complete picture of a firm's regulatory record. To check whether a law firm or an individual is regulated by the SRA, and for relevant information about them you can search the SRA Solicitor Register.

To determine whether a regulator's decision is includied in the case studies below, the said decisions will need to specifically mention AML Client Matter Risk Assessments. For the most complete, up-to-date information the SRA offers about an individual's or firm's regulatory record, please contact the SRA.

CDDmonitor offers firms an independent AML audit as proactive help in preparing for an SRA AML Audit or assessment.

Find out more about AML Client Matter Risk Assessments here. Alternatively, please contact the Lexsure Independent Audit Team.

Decision Date Outcome Fine
2024-12-09 Regulatory settlement agreement £2,071
2024-12-06 Regulatory settlement agreement £3,216
2024-12-02 Regulatory settlement agreement £39,732
2024-11-29 Fine £18,173
2024-11-25 Regulatory settlement agreement £24,827
2024-11-25 Regulatory settlement agreement £31,192
2024-11-20 Regulatory settlement agreement £32,719
2024-11-15 Regulatory settlement agreement £12,768
2024-11-15 Regulatory settlement agreement £8,240
2024-11-14 Regulatory settlement agreement £2,852
2024-11-07 Regulatory settlement agreement £4,785
2024-11-04 Regulatory settlement agreement £1,507,682
2024-11-04 Regulatory settlement agreement £18,094
2024-10-24 Fine £6,500
2024-10-20 Regulatory settlement agreement £8,408
2024-10-20 Regulatory settlement agreement £2,398
2024-10-15 Regulatory settlement agreement £7,577
2024-10-14 Regulatory settlement agreement £4,059
2024-10-10 Regulatory settlement agreement £185,304
2024-09-17 Fine £13,030
2024-09-01 Regulatory settlement agreement £3,711
2024-07-01 Fine £21,843
2024-06-18 Regulatory settlement agreement £2,387
2024-05-08 Regulatory settlement agreement £5,224
2024-05-07 Regulatory settlement agreement £5,224
2024-04-04 Fine £8,964
2024-04-03 Fine £8,964
2024-03-27 Fine £12,636
2024-03-25 Fine £15,202
2024-03-20 Fine £9,993.40
2024-03-18 Fine £23,930
2024-02-29 Fine £23,035.50
2024-02-26 Regulatory settlement agreement £4,293
2024-02-21 Fine £20,870.68
2024-02-09 Fine £16,052.80
2024-01-30 Fine £12,989.68
2023-12-21 Fine £9,750
2023-12-15 Fine £4,240.57
2023-12-12 Regulatory settlement agreement £23,216
2023-11-30 Regulatory settlement agreement £3,900
2023-11-13 Fine £3,800
2023-10-24 Regulatory settlement agreement £1,745
2023-10-20 Regulatory settlement agreement £12,700
2023-10-13 Regulatory settlement agreement £12,072
2023-07-11 Regulatory settlement agreement
2023-01-13 Regulatory settlement agreement
2022-09-14 Regulatory issue agreement
2022-09-05 Regulatory settlement agreement
2022-09-04 Regulatory settlement agreement
2022-06-17 Regulatory settlement agreement £2,000