The Risk Agenda for 2025 sets out the significant issues and risks that the CLC has identified in its monitoring and supervision of CLC practices.  This year you will note that there is a theme that runs throughout; ethics and ethical conduct.  

The Risk Agenda is useful resource to help practices maintain compliance and address risk and we strongly practices to review it and where necessary, take steps to address risk and ensure compliance.  However, as well as ensuring compliance with the black and white letter of all CLC Codes, this year we encourage practices to focus in particular on the Ethical Principles in the revised Code of Conduct and the culture within their practice.    

Whilst compliance and standards of conduct among CLC lawyers remains high, this year’s Risk Agenda aims to prompt broader reflection on the organisational culture and whether lawyers and authorised managers in every practice are supported, encouraged and enabled to act with integrity and do the right thing always, but particularly when faced with challenging circumstances?   

As always, if practices need further support in understanding the Risk Agenda or in addressing any issues within their practice, they are encouraged to contact their designated Regulatory Supervision Manager or Officer.