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US Congress to tackle anticorruption legislation, including bill to outlaw foreign bribe solicitation

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OFAC settlement extends sanctions reach beyond US dollar

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Practice Compliance weekly highlights—16 September 2021

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EU to propose ban on forced labour-linked products, Von der Leyen says

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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

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Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note contains...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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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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Supervision 2019—law firms

Supervision 2019—law firmsThe SRA's core regulatory requirements in relation to supervision are found in the two Codes of Conduct (the SRA Code for...

17th Aug

Practice notes

File audits or file reviews—the basics

File audits or file reviews—the basicsThere is no specific regulatory requirement to have a file audit/review process. However, firms that have or...

16th Aug

Precedents

Supervision policy 2011 [Archived]

Supervision policy 2011 [Archived]1Supervision structure1.1Supervision is achieved through our management structure and reporting lines. These are...

15th Aug

Precedents

Supervision policy—law firms—2019

Supervision policy—law firms—20191IntroductionThis document sets out our supervision arrangements, including:1.1our supervision...

15th Aug

Precedents

Email to all staff following annual or quarterly review of file audit and file review data

Email to all staff following annual or quarterly review of file audit and file review dataDear AllWe have completed our [annual OR quarterly OR file...

15th Aug

Precedents

Supervision—annual review

Supervision—annual review1General informationDate of review[Insert date]Person(s) conducting review[Insert name(s)]2Review and findingsIs your...

15th Aug

Precedents

Risk data—annual review

Risk data—annual review1General informationReview period[Insert review period]Date of review[Insert date]Person(s) conducting review[Insert...

15th Aug

Precedents

Quarterly file audit or review monitoring record

Quarterly file audit or review monitoring record1General informationDate of monitoring review[Insert date]Person conducting monitoring review[Insert...

15th Aug

Practice notes

Supervision—regulatory requirements 2011 [Archived]

Supervision—regulatory requirements 2011 [Archived]Supervision means the management of people and their work, and includes supervising fee earners and...

15th Aug

Practice notes

Supervision—SRA 2011 regime and SRA 2019 regime compared

Supervision—SRA 2011 regime and SRA 2019 regime compared This Practice Note contrasts the requirements in the SRA’s 2011 and 2019 regimes as well as...

15th Aug

Q&As

We are considering working with a non-lawyer, on a self-employed/part time consultancy basis to help promote the firm, eg to chair conferences and present to our client base. What are the regulatory issues we need to consider?

We are considering working with a non-lawyer, on a self-employed/part time consultancy basis to help promote the firm, eg to chair conferences and...

Produced in partnership with David Smith of Anthony Gold Solicitors 15th Aug

Precedents

File audit/review form

File audit/review form1Preliminary dataReason for review(Tick all that apply)☐ Complaint☐ Routine file audit/review☐ Fee earner request☐ AML☐ Other...

13th Aug

Q&As

Are file reviews important?

Are file reviews important?File reviews show that an organisation takes quality and compliance seriously.File reviews and audits provide meaningful...

31st Jul

Q&As

Should partners read all email correspondence?

Should partners read all email correspondence?Proper supervision is a regulatory obligation. Supervision means the management of people and their...

31st Jul

Q&As

Are there any rules or guidance about the handling of cheques that come in the post?

Are there any rules or guidance about the handling of cheques that come in the post?The overarching objective of the SRA Accounts Rules 2019 is to...

31st Jul

Q&As

What are the SRA’s requirements for supervising remote workers?

What are the SRA’s requirements for supervising remote workers?This Q&A considers the requirements for solicitors and law firms regulated by the...

31st Jul

Q&As

Do we have to have a partner in supervision at every office?

Do we have to have a partner in supervision at every office?This Q&A reflects requirements in the SRA 2019 regime, effective from 25 November 2019....

31st Jul

Practice notes

Building a file audit or file review process

Building a file audit or file review processThis Practice Note explains how to develop and embed a successful file audit/file review process in your...

31st Jul

Precedents

Remote supervision guidelines for supervisors—law firms

Remote supervision guidelines for supervisors—law firmsThis document provides guidance to [partners OR members OR directors][, managers] and any other...

31st Jul

Precedents

Structure chart—day-to-day supervision

Structure chart—day-to-day

31st Jul

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