Regulatory and Conduct news October 2025

As part of its plenary meeting, the Financial Action Task Force has announced the removal of the following countries from the grey-list:

• Burkina Faso
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• South Africa

Join one of HM Courts & Tribunals Service's lunch and learn sessions throughout November and December:

• Thursday 13 November: Lost wills
• Thursday 27 November: Foreign domicile cases
• Tuesday 9 December: National probate user group meeting

To register, please email NSfamilybmt@justice.gov.uk.

If you have decided to offer the administration of oaths in addition to your other probate services, then visit the ICAEW Probate Consumer Hub for articles you can share with your customers to help explain the service. 

Find out what our firms thought of the monitoring review process in 2025’s third quarter.

Read about the work we have carried out in Q3 as the UK’s largest accountancy professional body supervisor for anti-money laundering.

If you’re an ICAEW probate practitioner and interested in making a difference in the regulatory sphere, there is a vacancy on our Legal Services Committee. As one of our professional conduct and regulatory committees, the role is remunerated. Help shape the standards for good practice and professional conduct and apply now. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

From 1 October 2025, ICAEW-accredited legal services firms are authorised to administer oaths. Access our legal services resources on administering oaths and affirmations.

From 1 October, the updated Legal Services Regulations are in effect to reflect changes in line with the results from the consultation on the administration of oaths and complaints handling. Access the regulations to ensure your policies and processes are in keeping with the new requirements.

Following a consultation process, new Legal Services Regulations took effect on 1 October 2025. Read a summary of the key changes relating to complaints handling.