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Professional Standards Update August 2024
- 12 Aug 2024
In this issue, we answer frequently asked questions regarding the upcoming changes to PII Regulations, give our advice on avoiding common breaches and introduce the newly appointed ICAEW Regulatory Board Chair. We also provide a range of resources and webinars to help you fulfil your role.
Disciplinary update: August 2024
- 12 Aug 2024
Take note of the latest disciplinary cases to ensure you or your firm are not making similar mistakes.
Join ICAEW’s Legal Services Reference Group
- 12 Aug 2024
The Regulatory Policy team for the ICAEW Professional Standards Department is creating a reference group for legal services. We welcome expressions of interest from ICAEW accredited legal service practitioners.
ISQM1 quality assurance monitoring update
- 07 Aug 2024
All audit firms should have completed a first evaluation of their system of quality management (SOQM) by 15 December 2023. Further evaluations must be performed at least annually. This is an area of focus by the FRC, and our quality assurance reviewers expect to see the conclusion documented, along with details of the results of the firm’s monitoring that it has assessed to reach its conclusion. We summarise what our Quality Assurance Department is looking for in this area, which issues would cause concern and how engaging with our reviewers can help you avoid recurrences.
Probate News, Issue 24
- 07 Aug 2024
Sign up to our Legal Services Update webinar, give your view on ICAEW’s proposed fee scales for 2025 and use our consumer guides as a resource for your clients. We also share upcoming changes to professional indemnity insurance requirements and the ICAEW Code of Ethics.
ICAEW appoints new Regulatory Board Chair
- 07 Aug 2024
Paul Brooks has been appointed as the new chair of the ICAEW Regulatory Board (IRB) with Catherine Boyd and Kaysen Pyndiah also appointed as new members. The IRB is responsible for oversight of ICAEW’s regulatory and disciplinary work to ensure that it is acting in the public interest and strengthening trust in the profession.
Support for probate practitioners dealing with banks
- 06 Aug 2024
ICAEW is engaging with UK Finance to help build awareness among UK financial institutions of ICAEW Chartered Accountants providing probate services. Find out what actions are being taken and what resources are being put in place.
Glossary of legal terms used in probate
- 06 Aug 2024
On this page, you will find a list of legal terms you most likely will encounter during the probate process.
A guide for lay executors
- 06 Aug 2024
Welcome to our consumer guide to help you navigate the probate process if you’ve been named as an executor in a will. This guide will help you answer some common questions about your responsibilities and the probate process.
A guide for beneficiaries
- 06 Aug 2024
Welcome to our consumer guide to help you navigate the probate process if you’ve been named as a beneficiary in a will. This guide will help you answer some common questions about the probate process.
Common breaches: avoiding costly mistakes
- 06 Aug 2024
ICAEW’s Conduct Department regularly investigates cases where members and firms are failing to meet basic requirements, such as holding a Practising Certificate, compliant professional indemnity insurance and an anti-money laundering supervisor. Claire Arrowsmith, Senior Manager, Conduct, for the Professional Standards Department, highlights how these mistakes are often linked and offers some advice on how to avoid them.
Quality Assurance monitoring feedback results
- 01 Aug 2024
Find out what our firms thought of the monitoring review process in Q2 2024.
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