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Coronavirus (COVID-19), force majeure and frustration—Key legal principles and industry implications

Coronavirus (COVID-19), force majeure and frustration—Key legal principles and industry implications

The following Banking & Finance news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Coronavirus (COVID-19), force majeure and frustration—Key legal principles and industry implications

Examining the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018

Examining the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018

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City workers arrested in £6m COVID-19 loan fraud probe

City workers arrested in £6m COVID-19 loan fraud probe

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UK crime fighter urges banks to scale back AML reports

UK crime fighter urges banks to scale back AML reports

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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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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

Lexcel practice management standard v6.1—Precedents content map

Lexcel is the Law Society's practice management standard. It is not compulsory, although Lexcel accreditation can be helpful for firms wishing to be...
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12th Jan
Practice notes

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

The Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) is a quality standard for residential conveyancing practices. According to the Law Society,...
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12th Jan
Practice notes

Legal Aid Agency SQM—Precedents content map

The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) Specialist Quality Mark (SQM) is a quality assurance standard for legal services that:•supply complex legal help•offer a...
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17th Dec
Practice notes

Wills and Inheritance Quality Scheme—WIQS—practice management standard—Precedents content map

The Law Society's Wills and Inheritance Quality Scheme (WIQS) is a quality standard for wills, probate and estate administration practices. According...
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7th Dec
Precedents

Register of compliance policies—law firms

This Precedent is an optional Appendix to Precedent: Compliance plan—law firms—2019. It acts as a central register of all your compliance policies and...
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7th Dec

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Fraud by false representation

Fraud by false representationFraud by false representation applies to a broader range of conduct than the offences under the preceding legislation (the Theft Act 1968 (TA 1968)). No gain or loss need actually be made, and no deception need operate on the mind of the deceived for the Fraud Act 2006

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Proprietary estoppel

This Practice Note considers proprietary estoppel from a generic standpoint.For industry specific guidance on proprietary estoppel, see Practice Notes:•Estoppel and property law•Mortgages by estoppelProprietary estoppel—what is it?Unlike the other forms of estoppel (see Practice Note: Estoppel—what,

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What is a contract of insurance?

This Practice Note covers the legal framework and regulatory guidance to be considered in determining whether an arrangement constitutes a contract of insurance and the possible consequences of carrying on activities relating to a contract of insurance without the requisite regulatory permissionsThe

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Burden and standard of proof in criminal proceedings

There are two kinds of burden:•the legal burden, and•the evidential burdenThe legal burdenA party has the legal (sometimes called ‘the persuasive’) burden where the onus is on that party to prove a fact or issue in a case to the required standard of proof.The legal burden is generally on the