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This week's edition of Practice Compliance weekly highlights includes a call for evidence on the Immigration and Asylum Bill, updated sanctions...
The National Crime Agency (NCA) has published its Annual Report and Accounts 2025–2026, setting out its operational performance, strategic priorities...
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has published a targeted report on decentralised finance (DeFi). The report finds that 132 of 143 surveyed...
Corporate Crime analysis: The Crown Court clarified two important concepts in the Russia sanctions regime: when luxury goods are ‘made available’ and...
What is a solicitor's undertaking?An undertaking is a commitment by a solicitor to do something. It can be enforced against the solicitor by the...
In what circumstances might a solicitor be able to contact another lawyer's client directly?The current SRA Standards and Regulations (STaR) are...
SRA Code of Conduct for individuals and firmsThis Practice Note provides guidance on the SRA Codes of Conduct, contained in the SRA Standards and...
Acting for yourself, friends and familyThis Practice Note covers considerations where a law firm wishes to act for one of its own partners or...
Working with foreign lawyers—the registered foreign lawyer (RFL) regimeThe Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) operates a registration regime for foreign lawyers. Once registered, a registered foreign lawyer (RFL) can become a manager or owner of a law firm with solicitor managers/owners. The SRA
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal fees, will that count as a PET against their estate?A disclaimer is the refusal of a gift prior to acceptance. The refusal of the gift must take place before the beneficiary accepts any benefit
Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application
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