AML/CTF knowledge for lawyers
Build matter-centred controls for captured legal work while preserving privilege boundaries, confidentiality and restricted reporting.
- For lawyers5 min
How Tranche 2 captures Australian law firms and conveyancers: which legal services are designated services, customer due diligence for law practices, trust money, tipping off, and how legal professional privilege is preserved.
- Law-firm designated-service scope6 min
A matter-level guide for Australian law firms deciding when conveyancing, transactions, entity work, trust services and client-money work enter AML/CTF scope.
- Privilege and AML/CTF reporting5 min
How Australian legal practices can separate privileged and non-privileged facts, preserve the reporting clock and use AUSTRAC's legal professional privilege form.
- Trust accounts and item 35 min
A fact-based guide to when receiving, controlling, disbursing or managing customer money and property becomes a professional designated service for law firms.
- Entity CDD for law firms5 min
A practical law-firm workflow for identifying companies, trusts, representatives, beneficial owners and controllers before providing a designated legal service.
- Law firm checklist3 min
A matter-level AML/CTF checklist for Australian law firms: designated services, party CDD, trust money, privilege, reporting and audit-ready files.
- Law firm monitoring3 min
What ongoing customer due diligence means in a law firm: matter events, party changes, trust-money movements and the review cycle that keeps files current.
- Escrow and settlement3 min
When a law firm's escrow, settlement or controlled-money role is a designated service, and the CDD, authority and reconciliation controls that follow.