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Financial and trade sanctions—tracking UK-EU divergence

Financial and trade sanctions—tracking UK-EU divergence

The following Banking & Finance news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Financial and trade sanctions—tracking UK-EU divergence

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

Work on UK standard contractual clauses under way, ICO official says

Work on UK standard contractual clauses under way, ICO official says

The following Commercial news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Work on UK standard contractual clauses under way, ICO official says

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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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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?

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,...
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12th May
Practice notes

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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5th May
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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24th Mar
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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24th Mar
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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24th Mar
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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24th Mar
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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12th Mar
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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15th Feb
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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15th Feb

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False imprisonment

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Issue estoppel

Issue estoppel

Issue estoppel is a sub-species of the res judicata doctrine (see Practice Note: The doctrine of res judicata). In addition to the general key requirements for establishing a res judicata (see Practice Note: Key requirements to establish a res judicata), this Practice Note considers the specific

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Issue of redeemable shares

A limited company that proposes to issue redeemable shares must comply with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006).Why do companies issue redeemable shares?A company may wish to issue redeemable shares so that it has an alternative way to return surplus capital to shareholders without

Acting in concert

Acting in concert

Produced with input from Rebecca Cousin of Slaughter and May on market practice.This Practice Note summarises the rules and guidance in relation to parties who are, or may be presumed to be, acting in concert for the purposes of The City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the Code). In particular the