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MP vows to keep pushing tougher economic crime law

MP vows to keep pushing tougher economic crime law

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Practice Compliance weekly highlights—10 September 2020

Practice Compliance weekly highlights—10 September 2020

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Practice Compliance monthly highlights—September 2019

Practice Compliance monthly highlights—September 2019

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Employer in Greece fined €150,000 for relying on consent to process data under GDPR

Employer in Greece fined €150,000 for relying on consent to process data under GDPR

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Employer in Greece fined €150,000 for relying on consent to process data under GDPR

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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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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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Data protection compliance planning—law firms

This Practice Note summarises the key features of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). It also provides practical guidance on what you...
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15th Jan
Precedents

Data protection compliance—self-audit—law firms

Lawfulness, fairness and transparencyICO expectationLexisNexis® guidanceLexisNexis® Precedents and tools☐  Conduct information audit to map data...
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15th Jan
Q&As

When a solicitor instructs counsel to appear at a hearing and advise generally in respect of a matter, should the barrister be considered a processor, a controller or a joint controller (along with the solicitor) of the data?

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) distinguishes between ‘data controllers’ and ‘data processors’.The GDPR definition of a data controller...
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23rd Dec
Q&As

Is a law firm a data controller or data processor under the General Data Protection Regulation? If a law firm acts as data processor, what contractual terms are required?

In the vast majority of cases, solicitors will act as the data controller in relation to personal data processed in connection with a client’s...
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23rd Dec
Q&As

Should law firms redact personal data from transaction bibles?

All personal data must be processed in accordance with the GDPR, including the seven data protection principles set out in Article 5 of Retained...
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23rd Dec
Q&As

Refusing a data subject request—what is ‘manifestly unfounded or excessive’?

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides for enhanced rights for data subjects, including providing rights of access, rectification,...
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22nd Dec
Q&As

What data/information can a data subject request from me under the right of access?

The General Data Protection Regulation provides for enhanced rights for data subjects including providing rights of rectification, erasure and...
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22nd Dec
Q&As

How long do I have to comply with a data subject request?

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides for enhanced rights for data subjects including providing rights of access, rectification,...
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22nd Dec
Q&As

Can I charge a fee for dealing with a data subject access request?

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides for enhanced rights for data subjects including providing rights of rectification, erasure and...
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22nd Dec

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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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Notaries and notarisation—notarisation

The principles of the notarial act are that it is:•an act of the notary and not of the parties named in the document•a record of a fact, event or transaction•in the form of a document, notwithstanding the form of the underlying document, fact, event or transactionThe purpose of the notarial act is

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BREXIT: UK is leaving EU on Exit Day (as defined in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018). This has an impact on this Practice Note. For further guidance on the impact of Brexit on e-money requirements, see Practice Note: Impact of Brexit: Payment services and electronic money directives—quick

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What is a certificate of title?

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