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Facilitation payments under the Bribery Act 2010

Facilitation payments under the Bribery Act 2010

Facilitating the performance of a duty by public officialsFacilitation payments, also known as facilitating or grease payments, are generally small...

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 courts. Failure to comply with an...

Active bribery, passive bribery and bribing foreign public officials

Active bribery, passive bribery and bribing foreign public officials

The purpose of this Practice Note is to provide a general understanding of the offences under section 1, 2 and 6 of the Bribery Act 2010 (BA 2010). It...

High-risk third countries tracker

High-risk third countries tracker

This Practice Note lists high-risk third countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), HM Treasury and the European Commission as...

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...
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9th Nov
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Practice notes

AML and counter-terrorist financing—source of funds

Source of funds and wealth was a key focus of the SRA’s Preventing Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism thematic review, published in March...
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9th Nov
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Practice notes

Introduction to retained EU law

This Practice Note provides an introduction to retained EU law, which is an entirely new legal concept introduced to UK domestic law in preparation...
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9th Nov
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Precedents

Standard contractual clauses—set II—controller to controller (Model Clauses)

DRAFTING FOR BREXIT: For the latest information on the impact of Brexit on the drafting, negotiation and enforceability of this Precedent, see...
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9th Nov
Precedents

Anti-bribery and corruption for law firms—post-training assessment questions

How to use this testThese questions are designed to test your understanding after your attendance at our training on avoiding bribery and...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

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

The compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) sits at the heart of the firm's regulatory arrangements. This does not mean that the firm and its...
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9th Nov

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Practice notes

The protected characteristics

The Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010) provides protection against discrimination relating to certain listed characteristics, collectively called the...
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3rd Nov
Practice notes

Understanding and improving gender and other pay gaps

Coronavirus (COVID-19): The enforcement of all gender pay gap reporting deadlines was suspended for the reporting year 2019–20 due to the coronavirus...
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27th Oct
Q&As

What are the key points private and voluntary sector employers need to know about mandatory gender pay gap reporting?

The Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017, SI 2017/172 ('the regulations') come into force on 6 April 2017. Acas and the...
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28th Sep
Practice notes

Diversity monitoring and data protection—law firms

You must monitor, report (to the SRA) and, where appropriate, publish data regarding the diversity of your workforce. The SRA is prescriptive about...
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26th Sep
Precedents

Name of firm—Consolidated diversity data

This Precedent can be used to aggregate the diversity data you receive from individuals in your firm and is intended to assist you with reporting this...
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26th Sep
Precedents

Equality and diversity—annual review

A: General informationDate of reviewPerson(s) conducting reviewB: Review and findingsIs your Equality and diversity policy up to date and fit for...
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26th Sep
Precedents

Diversity data benchmarking tool

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has produced a law firm diversity toolkit, which gives its best current estimate of diversity across...
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26th Sep
Precedents

Diversity monitoring questionnaire—introductory wording

Why are we collecting diversity data?We collect data on the diversity of our workforce for several reasons:•it is good practice to monitor the...
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26th Sep
Precedents

Name of firm—Diversity statistics—short form for sole practitioners with staff and smaller firms

There are three stages to the SRA diversity monitoring obligation:•collecting diversity data from your workforce•reporting the data to the SRA...
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26th Sep
Precedents

Training materials—equality and diversity

This presentation has been designed as an aid to train your staff on your Equality and diversity policy.The training materials are customisable.This...
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26th Sep
Precedents

Name of firm—Diversity statistics—long form

There are three stages to the SRA diversity monitoring obligation:•collecting diversity data from your workforce•reporting the data to the SRA...
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26th Sep
Precedents

Diversity questionnaire

Why are we collecting diversity data?We collect data on the diversity of our workforce for several reasons:•it is good practice to monitor the...
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26th Sep
Precedents

Policy—equality (short form)

1Policy statement1.1The Company is fully committed to providing equal opportunities for all employees, workers and job applicants, and to eliminating...
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26th Sep
Practice notes

Drafting and implementing an equality and diversity policy

There is no formal statutory requirement in the Equality Act 2010 for an employer to have an equality policy. However, the EHRC recommends that as a...
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25th Sep
Practice notes

Types of discrimination

The Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010) provides protection against discrimination relating to certain listed characteristics, collectively called the...
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25th Sep
Practice notes

Diversity monitoring—regulatory requirements

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) requires you to collect, report and publish data regarding the diversity breakdown of your workforce on a...
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25th Sep
Practice notes

Gender pay gap reporting

Coronavirus (COVID-19): The enforcement of all gender pay gap reporting deadlines was suspended for the reporting year 2019–20 due to the coronavirus...
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25th Sep

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