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@2br.co.uk
Clerk: Paul Rodgers
Telephone: +44 (0)7894 125 434
Email: Click here
Latest Regulatory news and publications
Court of Appeal in GDC v Nabeel Aga clears up confusion over Immediate Suspension Orders in professional disciplinary cases
The Court of Appeal has finally clarified the confusion caused by the High Court on 13th December 2023 in Nabeel Aga v...
2BR Regulatory Update
Read our Winter 2024-2025 Regulatory Newsletter here: https://www.2br.co.uk/?attachment_id=3480 ...
UK Sanctions against people smuggling gangs: legal analysis. By Hugo Lodge.
Introduction David Lammy’s key promise on 9 January 2025 was that, ‘the UK would be the first country in the...
2BR members appointed to the Regulatory Board list of specialist regulatory advocates
Chambers warmly congratulates 11 of its members who have been appointed or re-appointed to the Regulatory Board's list...
Natalie Bird makes a successful submission of no case to answer at the NMC
Natalie Bird successfully advanced a submission of no case to answer, at a 10-day NMC fitness to practise...
Ashraf Khan appointed as Legal Adviser to the General Pharmaceutical Council’s (GPhC) Fitness to Practise Committee
Chambers is delighted to announce that Ashraf Khan has been appointed by the GPhC to act as an independent Legal...
