Stuart Blake

Session 2a and 2d: Lexcel workshop; five hot topics

Stuart Blake is a Lexcel assessor & consultant, regulatory compliance consultant, and trainer. A retired Chartered Legal Executive (qualified 1993) with diverse legal experience in contentious and non-contentious areas of law, Stuart became Practice Manager for a Midlands firm in 2000 and later focused on risk and compliance. The firm achieved Lexcel accreditation under Stuart’s management in 2002 – one of the first firms in the midlands to do so.

Self-employed since 2011 and with a total of 40 years’ experience in the profession, Stuart works with firms ranging in size from large multi-nationals to sole practitioners, and also local authorities, preparing some for Lexcel assessments and assessing others, nationally and internationally. Additionally, Stuart undertakes independent anti-money laundering audits for firms under Regulation 21 of the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017.