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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

BEIS ‘Working safely during coronavirus’: 31 July updates after pausing of shielding regime

BEIS ‘Working safely during coronavirus’: 31 July updates after pausing of shielding regime

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on BEIS ‘Working safely during coronavirus’: 31 July updates after pausing of shielding regime

BEIS ‘Working safely during coronavirus’: nine of 14 workplace guides updated

BEIS ‘Working safely during coronavirus’: nine of 14 workplace guides updated

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on BEIS ‘Working safely during coronavirus’: nine of 14 workplace guides updated

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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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Q&As

Can a law firm furlough trainee solicitors under the coronavirus (COVID-19) job retention scheme?

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was announced by the government on 20 March 2020. It is a temporary scheme running from March to October...
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20th Jan
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Practice notes

Pandemic risk management guide

The extent of the restrictions imposed by regulators or government will largely dictate the nature of the risks that you need to manage for your...
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Produced in partnership with Elizabeth Bourlet 20th Jan
Practice notes

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—professional conduct for in-house lawyers

This Practice Note reflects advice issued by the SRA and Law Society on the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on a range of commercial and...
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20th Jan
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Practice notes

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—guidance for law firms

This Practice Note reflects advice, guidance and updates issued by the SRA and Law Society on the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on the...
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20th Jan
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Practice notes

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—employment data protection issues

From IP completion day (11pm on 31 December 2020), Regulation (EU) 2016/679, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is retained EU law (see...
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19th Jan
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Practice notes

Handling complaints during the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic—law firms

The Legal Ombudsman (LeO) has published guidance for legal service providers, setting out its approach when considering complaints as a result of the...
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15th Jan
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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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15th Jan
Practice notes

Drafting for unforeseen events—commercial contracts

This Practice Note provides practical guidance for general commercial practitioners on points to consider when drafting a business to business...
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15th Jan
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Q&As

What risk management measures should I be taking now to help my business prepare for a possible coronavirus (COVID-19) second wave?

As the numbers of daily infections begin to rise again, now is the time to review your organisation’s readiness for a possible second wave of...
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12th Jan
Precedents

Pandemic management strategy

1Introduction1.1According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), a pandemic is the worldwide spread of a new disease. A viral pandemic occurs when a...
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12th Jan
Precedents

Pandemic action plan

1Pandemic management team and strategyAction pointOwnerStatus and commentsIdentify a person to lead the Pandemic management team (Pandemic management...
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12th Jan
Precedents

Homeworking guidelines

These guidelines set out some practical suggestions and guidance for when you are working from home. Please also refer to our separate Homeworking...
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12th Jan
Precedents

Coronavirus (COVID-19) workplace risk assessment and plan—offices

1Introduction1.1This risk assessment and plan outlines the health and safety risks we have identified in relation to coronavirus (COVID-19) and...
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12th Jan
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Precedents

Coronavirus (COVID-19) workplace outbreak management plan—offices

1IntroductionThis coronavirus (COVID-19) workplace outbreak management plan records our plans and procedures for action in the event of an outbreak of...
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11th Jan
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Precedents

Policy—Coronavirus (COVID-19) workplace safety

STOP PRESS (6/1/21) On Monday 4 January 2021, the Prime Minister announced a third national lockdown, details of which are set out in National...
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8th Jan
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Precedents

Coronavirus (COVID-19) safety—policy schedule—offices and contact centres

STOP PRESS (6/1/21) On Monday 4 January 2021, the Prime Minister announced a third national lockdown, details of which are set out in National...
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8th Jan
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Q&As

What are the key financial crime-related risk areas for compliance during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and what are the pitfalls to avoid when dealing with those risks?

Within a short period of time, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has caused extreme disruption in the way we live and work. Companies have to adapt...
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Produced in partnership with Emily Lewis and Rubi Palmieri of Fulcrum Chambers 8th Jan
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Q&As

How do Chief Compliance Officers and their leadership teams ensure the traction and momentum they have gained with their compliance initiatives are not lost during the lockdown period, while they are physically ‘out of sight’ from their commercial teams?

This Q&A explores how compliance teams can ensure progress made with compliance initiatives is not lost during the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown...
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Produced in partnership with Emily Lewis and Rubi Palmieri of Fulcrum Chambers 8th Jan
Precedents

Emergency homeworking questionnaire for staff

1About youName[Insert name]Role[Insert role]Address[Insert address]Contact telephone number(s)Please provide both landline and mobile telephone...
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Produced in partnership with DG Legal 8th Jan
Precedents

Emergency homeworking risk evaluation

1IntroductionThis risk evaluation outlines the risks we have identified as arising from emergency homeworking arrangements that we have had to put in...
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Produced in partnership with DG Legal 8th Jan

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Non-UCITS retail schemes (NURS)

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Overreaching—sales by trustees of land

Broadly, the doctrine of overreaching enables purchasers (which includes tenants and mortgagees) in good faith for money or money’s worth to rely solely on the legal title. In the case of registered land, this means the entries entered on the register of title, as it records ownership of the legal

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What is an intangible fixed asset?

Part 8 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009 (CTA 2009) is a specific corporation tax regime that applies exclusively to the gains and losses of intangible fixed assets. Note, however, that certain intangible fixed assets are excluded from the regime, see Practice Note: Excluded intangible fixed

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Promissory estoppel

For guidance on the basic features of the doctrine of estoppel and the different classifications it has been subject to, see Practice Note: Estoppel—what, when and how to plead and related content.Promissory estoppel—what is it?Where A has, by words or conduct, made to B a clear and unequivocal