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European Union and UK government initiatives on money laundering and terrorism finance

The following Corporate Crime news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on European Union and UK government initiatives on money laundering and terrorism finance

Practice Compliance weekly highlights—29 July 2021

The following Practice Compliance news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Practice Compliance weekly highlights—29 July 2021

How anti-corruption push affects US companies operating abroad

The following Corporate Crime news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on How anti-corruption push affects US companies operating abroad

EU seeks to improve data transfers to boost AML fight

The following Corporate Crime news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on EU seeks to improve data transfers to boost AML fight

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What is a solicitor's undertaking?

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...

SRA Code of Conduct for individuals and firms

SRA Code of Conduct for individuals and firmsThis Practice Note provides guidance on the SRA Codes of Conduct, contained in the SRA Standards and...

Conflicts of interest 2019

Conflicts of interest 2019Conflicts of interest can cause difficult and serious problems for solicitors and law firms, both from a compliance point of...

Legal Services Board

Legal Services BoardThe Legal Services Board (LSB) is the single independent oversight regulator of the legal profession and sector in England and...

Practice notes

AML and counter-terrorist financing—source of funds and source of wealth

AML and counter-terrorist financing—source of funds and source of wealthSource of funds and wealth was a key focus of the SRA’s Preventing Money...

19th May

In-house

Practice notes

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...

19th May

Practice notes

Compliance officer for legal practice—COLP—title and duties 2011 [Archived]

Compliance officer for legal practice—COLP—title and duties 2011 [Archived]The compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) sits at the heart of the...

19th May

Practice notes

Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]

Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note contains...

Produced in partnership with Adam Cygan of University of Leicester 19th May

Brexit

Practice notes

SRA Accounts Rules 2019

SRA Accounts Rules 2019This Practice Note sets out the requirements of the SRA Accounts Rules 2019 (the 2019 Rules), in force from 25 November 2019,...

19th May

Precedents

Modern slavery: contract clauses

1DefinitionsModern Slavery Policy•means the Customer's anti-slavery and human trafficking policy as set out in Schedule [insert] as updated by the...

19th May

In-house

Practice notes

High-risk third countries tracker

High-risk third countries trackerOrganisations caught by the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer)...

19th May

In-house

Practice notes

Active bribery, passive bribery and bribing foreign public officials

Active bribery, passive bribery and bribing foreign public officialsThe purpose of this Practice Note is to provide a general understanding of the...

Produced in partnership with Joanne Kane of Carmelite Chambers 19th May

Precedents

Standard contractual clauses for international transfers—set II—controller to controller—ICO templates

In briefThis precedent links to: •a template created by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) of the ‘Set II’ or ‘2004’ EU Standard...

19th May

Practice notes

Introduction to retained EU law

Introduction to retained EU lawThis Practice Note provides an introduction to retained EU law. It provides an overview of the key definitions and...

Produced in partnership with Dr. Kieran Laird of Gowling WLG 19th May

Brexit

Practice notes

Safeguards and information barriers

Safeguards and information barriersProtection of confidential information is fundamental to your relationship with clients, both as a matter of law...

19th May

Practice notes

Undertakings and the SRA 2019

Undertakings and the SRA 2019What is an undertaking?An undertaking is:•a statement, given orally or in writing, whether or not it includes the word...

19th May

Practice notes

Duties of confidentiality and disclosure 2019

Duties of confidentiality and disclosure 2019The protection of confidential information is a fundamental feature of the solicitor-client relationship...

19th May

Practice notes

SRA Handbook 2011 [Archived]

SRA Handbook 2011 [Archived]The SRA Handbook 2011 sets out standards and requirements that individual lawyers and firms are expected to achieve and...

19th May

Precedents

Financial sanctions policy

1IntroductionThis financial sanctions policy is designed to ensure we comply with applicable financial sanctions laws made under the UK sanctions...

19th May

Practice notes

Working with European lawyers—the Registered European Lawyer (REL) regime

Working with European lawyers—the Registered European Lawyer (REL) regimeAt 11 pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020, the Brexit transition/implementation...

19th May

Brexit

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CSR, ESG and human rights reporting and initiatives

CSR, ESG and human rights reporting and initiativesSustainability toolkitWe have produced a sustainability toolkit, which aims to help practitioners...

30th Jul

Precedents

Policy—equality (short form)

Policy—equality (short form)1Policy statement1.1The Company is fully committed to providing equal opportunities for all employees, workers and job...

30th Jul

Practice notes

Limitation of liability in outsourcing

Limitation of liability in outsourcingThis Practice Note identifies and explains key considerations relevant to negotiating and drafting limitation of...

30th Jul

Precedents

Office manual

Office manual1IntroductionThis Office manual is intended to contain a high level summary of office procedures. It does not set out all relevant...

29th Jul

Practice notes

Legal Aid Agency SQM—Precedents content map

Legal Aid Agency SQM—Precedents content mapThe Legal Aid Agency (LAA) Specialist Quality Mark (SQM) is a quality assurance standard for legal services...

29th Jul

Practice notes

Understanding and improving gender and other pay gaps

Understanding and improving gender and other pay gapsCoronavirus (COVID-19): The enforcement of all gender pay gap reporting deadlines was suspended...

29th Jul

Practice notes

Outsourcing and data protection

Outsourcing and data protectionIn briefData protection laws in both the EEA (the EU plus Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein) and UK seek to ensure...

Produced in partnership with Marina Paul 29th Jul

Practice notes

Office manual—law firms

Office manual—law firmsThe SRA does not require you to have an office manual, but it is important to ensure that your staff can access general...

27th Jul

Precedents

Outsourcing agreement—short form

Outsourcing agreement—short formThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[Customer] a company incorporated in [England] with registered number [company...

Produced in partnership with Toby Crick of Bristows and Adrian Sim of Bristows 25th Jul

In-house

Practice notes

Due diligence in outsourcing

Due diligence in outsourcingDue diligence is the name given to the process by which the factual and legal background to a transaction is collated and...

Produced in partnership with Bristows 25th Jul

Practice notes

Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) practice management standards—Precedents content map from 1 May 2019

Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) practice management standards—Precedents content map from 1 May 2019The Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme...

22nd Jul

Practice notes

Outsourcing—employment issues

Outsourcing—employment issuesIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered...

Produced in partnership with David Williams of Deloitte and James Champness of Deloitte 6th Jul

In-house

Practice notes

Gender pay gap reporting

Gender pay gap reportingCoronavirus (COVID-19): The enforcement of all gender pay gap reporting deadlines was suspended for the reporting year...

25th Jun

Practice notes

Assessing human rights impacts

Assessing human rights impactsThis Practice Note contains guidance on assessing the risk of your organisation causing or contributing to an adverse...

16th Jun

Sustainable Business Toolkit

Practice notes

Diversity monitoring—regulatory requirements

Diversity monitoring—regulatory requirementsThe Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) requires you to collect, report and publish data regarding the...

16th Jun

Precedents

Human rights impact assessment—law firms

Human rights impact assessment—law firms1Introduction1.1We have performed an assessment of the areas where our firm is most at risk of...

15th Jun

Practice notes

Diversity monitoring and data protection—law firms

Diversity monitoring and data protection—law firmsYou must monitor, report (to the SRA) and, where appropriate, publish data regarding the diversity...

15th Jun

Practice notes

Identifying internationally recognised human rights

Identifying internationally recognised human rightsThe UN Guiding Principles on business and human rights (UNGPs) require businesses to respect...

6th Jun

Sustainable Business Toolkit

Practice notes

What business needs to know about human rights

What business needs to know about human rightsIt is increasingly acknowledged that human rights are not just a concern for nation states and...

6th Jun

Sustainable Business Toolkit

Practice notes

The UN Global Compact and human rights

The UN Global Compact and human rightsThe UN Global Compact (UNGC) is a voluntary initiative set up in 2000 under the auspices of the United Nations....

6th Jun

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