Compliance and regulatory
Know what changed, which policy it touches, and what you are going to say about it.
Horizon Scanning watches the regulators on a schedule, tells you what is new or changed with the underlying instrument cited, and drafts the response in the expected form.
| Development | Pack | Materiality | Deadline | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCA consultation on AI use in regulated firms | UK financial services | High | 6 Oct 2026 | R. Okafor |
| ICO guidance update on employee monitoring | Data and privacy | Medium | 14 Nov 2026 | S. Patel |
| SRA guidance on new technology and COLP duties | UK core legal | High | 2 Dec 2026 | COLP |
A horizon register: each development with its materiality, a deadline and a named owner.
The day this changes
Before
Regulatory practice is a monitoring problem wearing an advisory hat. An FCA policy statement lands on a Thursday, and whether you know on Friday or in March decides everything.
Coverage: nobody reads every FCA, PRA, ICO, CMA and Ofcom feed every week. The associate who used to do it left in April.
Evidence: when the regulator asks how you formed your view, we read it at the time is not a record.
After
Horizon Scanning ships with curated source packs, one click each: UK financial services, EU regulatory, US enforcement, with sector lenses over the top.
Each development arrives with its materiality, the instrument cited, a deadline and a named owner, so the reading becomes a register rather than an inbox.
The Regulatory Change Tracker drafts the response in the form the regulator expects, for a compliance lawyer to settle.
Grounded on the matter
Turn on the watch and the register is built from the regulators you selected, not the open web. When a development touches a client, you open a matter and the Compliance and Regulatory Agent reads the client's own policies against the change. The conflict check runs on open, and the advice attaches to the client, so what changed and what you told them sit in one place with a date on it.
See horizon scanning| Development | Pack | Materiality | Deadline | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCA consultation on AI use in regulated firms | UK financial services | High | 6 Oct 2026 | R. Okafor |
| ICO guidance update on employee monitoring | Data and privacy | Medium | 14 Nov 2026 | S. Patel |
| SRA guidance on new technology and COLP duties | UK core legal | High | 2 Dec 2026 | COLP |
The register: each development with materiality, a deadline and an owner.
A deliverable, not a chat
The Regulatory Change Tracker drafts the response in the form the regulator expects, and the agent writes the client note. Set Prepare for a Regulator Response and it comes back with a numbered chronology; set Executive Brief and it is one page for the board. What you get is a document to settle and send, with the underlying instrument cited, not a chat you have to turn into a letter.
See the agentsContract Agent Completed
Senior Associate Employment Contract: English Law Review
Calder & Finch LLP · Employment · CF-2026-0184
Summary
Overall risk is HIGH. The UK/Ireland/EU non-compete is likely unenforceable, while the holiday carry-over cap and blanket data/monitoring consent require replacement; the remaining covenants, working-time opt-out and bonus clause should be narrowed and clarified.
- 1. Clause 9(c), non-compete: High: the 12-month prohibition on working for any law firm anywhere in the UK, Ireland or EU is wider than reasonably necessary.§ Tillman v Egon Zehnder Ltd [2019] UKSC 32
- 2. Clause 11, data and monitoring: High: blanket contractual consent is not an adequate basis for general employment processing or unrestricted monitoring.§ UK GDPR
A regulator response with a numbered chronology and the instrument cited.
Verified, then shareable
Every development cites the underlying instrument, and every authority in the response is fetched from the approved sources and marked with a verdict. When the regulator or the SRA asks how you formed your view, the register and the checks are the record, exportable as a spreadsheet or a printable bundle. Share the note with the client through a passcode link that logs every view.
See the audit register| Date | Event | Matter | Actor | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Sep | Run completed | CF-2026-0184 | R. Okafor | Verified |
| 02 Sep | Client share created | CF-2026-0184 | R. Okafor | Verified |
| 01 Sep | Conflict check | CF-2026-0190 | System | Needs a check |
The register of runs, shares and checks, exportable as an inspection bundle.
A weekly horizon digest costs about 64 credits, about £0.64. The figure is observed on the matter, not a saving claim.
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Our COLP will not sign this off.
Sources are a closed list, every citation carries a verdict, and every run, share and check sits on a register you can export or print as an inspection bundle.
See the audit registerWe already have Copilot.
A general assistant answers from the open web and will cite a case that does not exist. This works from a closed list of primary law and marks each authority verified, needs a check, or not found.
See how verification worksOur documents are confidential.
Files sit in Microsoft Azure UK, encrypted in transit and at rest, scoped to the matter, and never used to train a model. The security statement sets out the detail.
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Twenty minutes, and we will build a sample register so you can see the format first.