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Come Join Us!

Membership of Tees Valley Law Society offers opportunities whether you are a qualified solicitor or other legal professional, or you are in the early stages of training.

Members are offered discounted rates for all of our training events, which are held locally and at the end of the working day to ensure the least disruption to you, your firm and your clients. We hold regular networking and social events where members can come together informally to discuss issues within the profession, but more importantly to share ideas.

Membership of TVLS is about offering support whether formally through involvement of the Council or more informally by sharing ideas about best practice with other firms. By becoming a member of TVLS there are opportunities to become involved in the running of the Society, whether through membership of Council or Committees or in a more informal role.

The application process is quick and simple and membership is great value. Join us today.

Response To AML Consultation

Response To AML Consultation

The Law Society has responded to HM Treasury’s (HMT) consultation on the anti-money laundering (AML) supervisory review. The review includes proposed regulations to establish a new Office for Professional Body AML Supervision (OPBAS), hosted by the Financial Conduct Authority.

The consultation sets out that OPBAS will focus on working with professional body AML supervisors (PBS) to ensure high standards of supervision.

The proposed regulations will give the OPBAS power for both public censure of a PBS and to recommend to HMT the removal of AML supervisor status for compliance failure.

The Law Society's response highlights their concerns that OPBAS is likely to impose unnecessary costs on PBS, which inevitably will be passed to legal businesses and ultimately to the consumers of legal services.

The full response can be read here.