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Practice Compliance weekly highlights—21 January 2021

Practice Compliance weekly highlights—21 January 2021

The following Practice Compliance news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Practice Compliance weekly highlights—21 January 2021

Law must change to go after companies allowing financial crime, MPs urge

Law must change to go after companies allowing financial crime, MPs urge

The following Corporate Crime news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Law must change to go after companies allowing financial crime, MPs urge

BEIS ‘Working safely during coronavirus’: two new workplace guides and three guides updated

BEIS ‘Working safely during coronavirus’: two new workplace guides and three guides updated

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on BEIS ‘Working safely during coronavirus’: two new workplace guides and three guides updated

BEIS ‘Working safely during coronavirus’ guidance fully updated plus four new sectors

BEIS ‘Working safely during coronavirus’ guidance fully updated plus four new sectors

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on BEIS ‘Working safely during coronavirus’ guidance fully updated plus four new sectors

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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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Precedents

Training materials—tax evasion facilitation

The corporate offence of failure to prevent the criminal facilitation of tax evasion is created by the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (CFA 2017),which...
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21st Jan
Precedents

Training materials—anti-slavery

This presentation has been designed as an aid to train your staff on anti-slavery and ensure they have an awareness and understanding of the Modern...
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21st Jan
Precedents

Anti-bribery and corruption—facilitation payments FAQs

We run our business[es] with integrity. All of us must work together to ensure our business[es] remain[s] untainted by bribery and corruption.This FAQ...
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12th Jan
Precedents

Training materials—Financial sanctions

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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7th Jan
Precedents

Financial sanctions—post-training questions

How to use this testThese questions are designed to test your understanding following your attendance at our training on financial sanctions.After you...
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7th Jan
Precedents

Financial sanctions—post-training exercise answers

QuestionCorrect answer1. Financial sanctions are restrictions on activity, but in relation to what?(d) All of the above2. The UK law on financial...
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7th Jan
Precedents

Sanctions training record

Please click for an Excel version of this register.GeneralInsert course name/description and reason for training.Course name/descriptio...
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7th Jan
Precedents

Crime prevention training aid—post-training assessment questions

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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17th Dec
Precedents

Crime prevention training materials—post-training assessment answers

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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17th Dec
Precedents

Fraud prevention training materials—post-training assessment answers—law firms

QuestionCorrect answer1. What is fraud?(b) Deliberately using deception or dishonesty to deprive, disadvantage or cause loss to another person or...
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7th Dec
Precedents

Fraud prevention training materials—post-training assessment questions—law firms

How to use this testThese questions are designed to test your understanding following training on fraud prevention.After you have completed this test,...
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7th Dec
Precedents

Training materials—fraud prevention—law firms

This presentation has been designed as a training aid that you can use to introduce your staff to fraud prevention and awareness, including property...
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7th Dec
Precedents

Fraud prevention training record

Please click for an Excel version of this register.General...
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7th Dec
Precedents

Tax evasion training record

Please click for an Excel version of this register.GeneralCourse name/description[Insert course name/description]Reason for training (routine...
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7th Dec
Precedents

Organised crime training record

Please click for an Excel version of this register.GeneralCourse name/description[Insert course name/description]Reason for training (routine...
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7th Dec
Precedents

Tax evasion facilitation—post-training assessment questions

How to use this testThese questions are designed to test your understanding after your attendance at our training on avoiding tax evasion...
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7th Dec
Precedents

Tax evasion facilitation staff FAQs and case studies—law firms

We run our business[es] with integrity. All of us must work together to ensure our business[es] remain[s] untainted by tax evasion and tax evasion...
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7th Dec
Precedents

Tax evasion facilitation—briefing for external agents/intermediaries

IntroductionCompliance with tax evasion and tax evasion facilitation laws is critical to [insert organisation name][ and all its businesses].To raise...
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7th Dec
Precedents

Modern Slavery—warning signs for staff

As an organisation we will maintain clear policies and procedures preventing exploitation and human trafficking, and protecting our workforce and...
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7th Dec
Precedents

Tax evasion facilitation—post-training assessment answers

QuestionMultiple choice answers1. Under which Act would [insert organisation name] commit an offence if it fails to prevent the facilitation of tax...
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7th Dec

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LEXISNEXIS

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,

LEXISNEXIS

Payment in lieu of notice (PILON)

The right to notice means a right for the employee to remain in employment for the period of notice, not simply to be paid for it. An employer will therefore often include in the contract an express right to make a payment in lieu of notice ('PILON') as an alternative to giving notice, to ensure

LEXISNEXIS

What is a certificate of title?

A certificate of title (also known as a certificate on title) is a particular species of report on title.When solicitors are instructed to investigate title to land (for instance, when land is being acquired or offered up as security), they will write a report on title for their client, which sets

LEXISNEXIS

What is diversity and inclusion (D&I)—law firms

This Practice Note provides a high-level introduction to diversity and inclusion (D&I) and key reasons why it is important to law firms. Specific aspects of D&I are covered in more detail in Practice Notes:•The growing focus on diversity and inclusion (D&I) in law firms•Unconscious bias—law