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Question of the week: what is the difference between a ‘commonly used electronic format’ and a ‘structured, commonly used, machine readable and interoperable’ format when responding to data subject rights?

Question of the week: what is the difference between a ‘commonly used electronic format’ and a ‘structured, commonly used, machine readable and interoperable’ format when responding to data subject rights?

Question of the week: what is the difference between a ‘commonly used electronic format’ and a ‘structured, commonly used, machine readable and interoperable’ format when responding to data subject rights?

60 UK law firms shut in 2020 by rising insurance costs

60 UK law firms shut in 2020 by rising insurance costs

The following Insurance & Reinsurance news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on 60 UK law firms shut in 2020 by rising insurance costs

Practice Compliance weekly highlights—6 May 2021

Practice Compliance weekly highlights—6 May 2021

The following Practice Compliance news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Practice Compliance weekly highlights—6 May 2021

UK joins US in implementing a global anti-corruption sanctions regime

UK joins US in implementing a global anti-corruption sanctions regime

The following Banking & Finance news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on UK joins US in implementing a global anti-corruption sanctions regime

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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 firm's regulatory arrangements. This does not mean that the firm and its...

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

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...

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

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...

Introduction to retained EU law

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...

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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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

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...
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9th Nov
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Practice notes

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...
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Produced in partnership with Joanne Kane of Carmelite Chambers 12th Jan
Practice notes

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...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

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...
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Produced in partnership with Richard Furlong of Carmelite Chambers 12th Jan

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Practice notes

Client conflicts in criminal matters—when can you act?

There are two types of conflict: own interest conflicts and client conflicts of interest. This Practice Note explains when you can act if there is or...
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5th May
Practice notes

Duties of confidentiality and disclosure—SRA 2011 regime and SRA 2019 regime compared

This Practice Note contrasts the requirements in the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA’s) 2011 and 2019 regimes in relation to the duties of...
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5th May
Practice notes

Conflicts of interest—systems and controls 2019

The SRA Codes of Conduct (the SRA Code for Solicitors, RELs and RFLs (Code for Solicitors) and the SRA Code for Firms) refer to two types of conflict...
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5th May
Practice notes

Informed consent—law firm confidentiality

Protection of confidential information is fundamental to your relationship with clients, both as a matter of law and as a matter of conduct. This duty...
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5th May
Practice notes

Material confidential information and adverse interests

Protection of confidential information is fundamental to your relationship with clients, both as a matter of law and as a matter of conduct. This duty...
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5th May
Practice notes

Safeguards and information barriers

Protection of confidential information is fundamental to your relationship with clients, both as a matter of law and as a matter of conduct. This duty...
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5th May
Practice notes

Confidentiality and disclosure—regulatory requirements for law firms 2011 [Archived]

Protection of confidential information is fundamental to your relationship with clients, both as a matter of law and as a matter of conduct. This duty...
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5th May
Practice notes

Conflicts of interest—systems and controls 2011 [Archived]

There are two types of conflict: own interest (sometimes called solicitor-client conflicts) and client conflict. You can never act where there is an...
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Produced in partnership with RadcliffesLeBrasseur 5th May
Practice notes

Own interest conflicts—when can you act? 2011 [Archived]

There are two types of conflict: own interest and client conflict. This Practice Note explains when you can act if there is or may be an own interest...
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Produced in partnership with RadcliffesLeBrasseur 5th May
Practice notes

Conflicts of interest—SRA 2011 regime and SRA 2019 regime compared

This Practice Note contrasts the requirements in the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA’s) 2011 and 2019 regimes in relation to conflicts of...
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5th May
Practice notes

Conflicts of interest—regulatory requirements 2011 [Archived]

There are two types of conflict: own interest conflicts (sometimes called solicitor-client conflicts) and client conflicts. You can never act where...
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Produced in partnership with RadcliffesLeBrasseur 5th May
Practice notes

Conflicts of interest 2019

Conflicts of interest can cause difficult and serious problems for solicitors and law firms, both from a compliance point of view and in your client...
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5th May
Practice notes

Acting for yourself, friends and family

This Practice Note covers considerations where the firm wishes to act for one of its own partners or employees, where an individual lawyer wishes to...
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5th May
Practice notes

General client conflicts—when can you act? 2011 [Archived]

There are two types of conflict: own interest conflicts (sometimes called solicitor-client conflicts) and client conflict. This Practice Note explains...
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Produced in partnership with RadcliffesLeBrasseur 5th May
Practice notes

Duties of confidentiality and disclosure 2019

The protection of confidential information is a fundamental feature of the solicitor-client relationship and a core professional principle. Solicitors...
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5th May
Practice notes

Client conflicts in conveyancing or property matters—when can you act?

There are two types of conflict: own interest conflicts (sometimes called solicitor-client conflicts) and client conflicts of interest. This Practice...
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30th Apr
Q&As

Will I breach my duty of client confidentiality by submitting a suspicious activity report (SAR) to the National Crime Agency (NCA)?

Duty of confidentialityProtection of confidential information is fundamental to your relationship with clients, both as a matter of law and as a...
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22nd Apr
Practice notes

Use of confidential information in civil proceedings

This Practice Note looks at the status and use of confidential information in civil proceedings including what confidential information is, how to...
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15th Apr
Precedents

Draft memo for client about disclosure and privilege

This precedent draft memo should be read (and potentially be sent) with the relevant precedent draft letter to your client about disclosure:•Draft...
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Produced in partnership with Mathew Purchase of Matrix Chambers 9th Apr
Practice notes

Privilege—solicitor and client confidence

This Practice Note looks at privilege and confidential information in the context of a client-solicitor relationship where that solicitor-client...
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8th Apr

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PRA Rulebook—introduction for the insurance and reinsurance sector

PRA Rulebook—introduction for the insurance and reinsurance sector

On 29 August 2015, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published the PRA Rulebook (Rulebook). The transition from the Handbook to the Rulebook was intended to benefit PRA-authorised firms, to access clearer and more concise rules. Alongside the Rulebook, supervisory statements and statements

Insurance conduct regulation—COBS and ICOBS

Insurance conduct regulation—COBS and ICOBS

The Financial Conduct Authority Handbook (FCA Handbook) includes sourcebooks to regulate the conduct of business by a regulated firm relevant to insurers: the Conduct of Business Sourcebook (COBS) and the Insurance Conduct of Business Sourcebook (ICOBS). This Practice Note considers how these

Burden and standard of proof in criminal proceedings

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

Tort—the different types of tort

Tort—the different types of tort

This Practice Note identifies the main torts (bar negligence and nuisance, which are covered elsewhere in our related content) and their key characteristics. Specifically:•trespass to land•trespass to the person•privacy/defamation•liability for animals•employers' liability•product