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Practice Compliance weekly highlights—8 April 2021

Practice Compliance weekly highlights—8 April 2021

The following Practice Compliance news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Practice Compliance weekly highlights—8 April 2021

LexisPSL and MLex trial new interactive EU GDPR enforcement tracker

LexisPSL and MLex trial new interactive EU GDPR enforcement tracker

The following Commercial news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on LexisPSL and MLex trial new interactive EU GDPR enforcement tracker

DPAs may not be receiving sufficient judicial scrutiny

DPAs may not be receiving sufficient judicial scrutiny

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Practice Compliance weekly highlights—1 April 2021

Practice Compliance weekly highlights—1 April 2021

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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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Practice notes

Electronic signatures

Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects potentially impacted by procedural changes in response to the coronavirus...
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13th Apr
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Practice notes

Social media—employment issues

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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9th Apr
Practice notes

Managing personal data breaches

Data security is a cornerstone of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The sixth data protection principle (the integrity and...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

Pandemic management—information and cybersecurity—challenges and practical responses

Pandemics are exceptional events which present organisations with difficult business conditions, uncertainty and particularly challenging information...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

Information security—encryption

Encryption is a widely-available information security solution. It is relatively affordable and simple to implement, so is recommended by the...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

Information security—data protection compliance

You must have appropriate security in place to prevent personal data being accidentally or deliberately compromised. Information security is wider...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

An introduction to social media

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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9th Apr
Practice notes

Website accessibility

All websites should be accessible, especially by people with disabilities. Access to websites is governed by the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010) (which...
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9th Apr
Precedents

Linking policy

Hyperlinking to us[You may not provide a link to our website without our express written consent. If you wish to provide a link to our website, please...
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7th Apr
Precedents

Cybercrime awareness campaign

Quarter 1—Confidential informationThe tips and reminders for this quarter relate to confidential information. You can find more specific information...
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1st Apr
Precedents

Website—cybercrime—monitoring form

1ReviewName of person(s) conducting review[Insert name(s)]Date of review[Insert date]Number of files/pages added in the review period[Insert...
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1st Apr
Practice notes

Cybercrime incident management

Though taking preventative steps obviously makes good sense (see Practice Note: Cybercrime prevention), it is not possible to totally eradicate the...
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1st Apr
Precedents

Information security policy—law firms

1Introduction1.1We are committed to the highest standards of document and information management and security and treat confidentiality and data...
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29th Mar
Precedents

Cookie policy

Please read this cookie policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are and how we use cookies on our website. This policy should...
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29th Mar
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Q&As

Is it necessary for law firms to have a website privacy policy and a separate privacy policy?

There is no specific requirement to have a general client-facing privacy policy and a separate website privacy policy. You should, however, satisfy...
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29th Mar
Precedents

Alternative wording for cookies notice

1Wording for website terms and conditions—Cookies and other information-gathering technologies1.1We use necessary cookies to make our site work....
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29th Mar
Practice notes

Websites—compliance requirements

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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26th Mar
Precedents

Policy—bring your own device (BYOD)

From IP completion day (11pm on 31 December 2020), Retained Regulation (EU) 2016/679, UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) is retained EU...
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Precedents

Records management policy

1Introduction1.1Maintaining business records in a systematic and reliable manner is essential to comply with our legal and regulatory requirements, eg...
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19th Mar
Practice notes

Monitoring staff, IT and communications systems in the workplace

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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18th Mar
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LEXISNEXIS

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 amounts of money paid to public officials or others as a means of ensuring that they perform their duty, whether more promptly or at all. In some

LEXISNEXIS

The pari passu principle and collection remedies for the office-holder—the position under the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016

The primary function of office-holders in personal and corporate insolvency is to collect in the assets belonging to a company or individual and to distribute these to the company's or individual's creditors. Office-holders have various duties and powers in order to ensure that they do this. For

LEXISNEXIS

Strike out—no reasonable grounds for bringing or defending the claim (CPR 3.4(2)(a))

Coronavirus (COVID-19): The guidance detailing normal practice set out in this Practice Note may be affected by measures concerning process and procedure in the civil courts that have been introduced as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. For guidance, see Practice Note: Coronavirus

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