COLP Update 2026 - Compliance Duties, Enforcement Trends & Best Practice

Introduction

The role of a Compliance Officer for Legal Practice (COLP) carries significant responsibility and personal accountability.

In an increasingly complex and fast-moving regulatory environment, a clear understanding of current rules, regulatory expectations and emerging risks is essential.

Whether newly appointed or experienced in the role, COLPs must stay up to date with enforcement trends, guidance and best practice to manage compliance effectively and protect both the firm and themselves. This webinar will also be highly relevant to those who support the COLP function, including compliance managers, risk teams and senior leadership.

It will provide practical insight into regulatory expectations, emerging risks and the key issues COLPs need to focus on to stay ahead in 2026.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Law firm culture and compliance
• Where does HR responsibility end and the COLP role begin?
• Managing conduct, behaviour and ethical risk within firms
• Regulatory updates
• Key updates from the Solicitors Regulation Authority
• Recent guidance, Warning Notices and what they mean in practice
• Using SRA guidance as training
• How to effectively share and embed regulatory guidance within your firm
• Turning guidance into practical, defensible training programmes
• Enforcement trends and lessons learned
• Recent enforcement patterns and common compliance failures
• Practical steps to reduce risk and avoid regulatory action
• The COLP compliance agenda for the next 12 months
• Key priorities every COLP should be planning for in 2026
• Monitoring, reporting and governance best practice
• Regulatory leadership and its impact
• How changes in SRA leadership are influencing compliance expectations
• What this means for reporting, investigations and risk management

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Monday 29th June 2026

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