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SRA Code of Conduct for individuals and firmsThis Practice Note provides guidance on the SRA Codes of Conduct, contained in the SRA Standards and...
Duties of confidentiality and disclosure 2019The protection of confidential information is a fundamental feature of the solicitor-client relationship...
Conflicts of interest 2019Conflicts of interest can cause difficult and serious problems for solicitors and law firms, both from a compliance point of...
Working with foreign lawyers—the Registered Foreign Lawyer (RFL) regimeThe Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) operates a registration regime for...
Friday afternoon fraud—law firmsThis Practice Note describes Friday afternoon fraud, which causes chaos and leaves a trail of financial and reputational destruction in the legal sector, discusses the insurance cover consequences, and suggests how firms can protect against it.Friday afternoon fraud,
Cyber security in the legal sectorThis Practice Note summarises key points from the Cyber Threat Report: UK Legal Sector published by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and incorporates data from the SRA’s Cyber Security thematic review, published September 2020, together with the SRA’s
MLex: One of the world’s most popular newspaper websites appears to have evaded enforcement over its cookie practices, in a case that sheds light on the UK data regulator’s approach to cookie enforcement. Data protection expert, Jon Baines, complained in a private capacity about the Daily Mail's
Micklefield clausesWhat is a Micklefield clause?It is common for employee share plans to provide that, on termination of employment (or when an employee is given or receives notice of termination of employment), subsisting share awards will be forfeited and subsisting share options will lapse.It is
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