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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

The following Corporate Crime news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on DPAs may not be receiving sufficient judicial scrutiny

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

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—safe working in an office environment

Government guidance for England is that office workers who can work from home should work from home. This does mean however that you may still have...
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Produced in partnership with Melanie O'Brien of DG Legal 13th Apr
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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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9th Apr
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Practice notes

Internal investigations and legal professional privilege

Legal professional privilege (LPP) protects documents from disclosure to third parties including government agencies, regulators and claimants in...
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Produced in partnership with Noel Power of Dechert 9th Apr
Practice notes

Formulating a risk register

Managing risk is not a one-off event, it is an ongoing process, as illustrated below:This Practice Note provides guidance on evaluating and recording...
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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

Identifying and evaluating risk across the business

Lawyers generally have a reputation among business people for being risk averse. In-house lawyers cannot be excessively risk averse—they have to...
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9th Apr
Precedents

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

UPDATE (2/3/21) The Prime Minister announced on 22 February 2021 the government’s roadmap out of the current coronavirus lockdown restrictions in...
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8th Apr
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Precedents

Policy—Coronavirus (COVID-19) workplace safety

UPDATE (2/3/21) The Prime Minister announced on 22 February 2021 the government’s roadmap out of the current coronavirus lockdown restrictions in...
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8th Apr
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Q&As

Can my force majeure clause protect me against the economic impact of coronavirus (COVID-19)?

Is there a force majeure event?In English law, the expression ‘force majeure’ does not refer to a legal doctrine. Instead, the expression ‘force...
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8th Apr
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Precedents

Policy—Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing

UPDATE (8/4/21): The DHSC announced on 5 April 2021 that, from 9 April, everyone in England will be able to take free rapid coronavirus tests twice a...
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7th Apr
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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7th Apr
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Practice notes

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—testing and vaccination issues for employers

STOP PRESS (29/3/21): The DHSC announced on 28 March 2021 that employers will have the opportunity to offer rapid home testing to their employees....
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7th Apr
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Practice notes

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—guidance for law firms

STOP PRESS: Draft Legal Sector Affinity Group (LSAG) AML guidance was published on 20 January 2021. It awaits approval by HM Treasury and any content...
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6th Apr
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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 6th Apr
Q&As

Do my clients have to wear a face covering when they visit my offices—law firms?

This Q&A considers whether, in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, law firm clients are required to wear face covering when they attend your...
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6th Apr
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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1st Apr
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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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30th Mar
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Precedents

Training materials—an introduction to compliance 2019—law firms

This presentation has been designed as a training aid that you can use to introduce your staff to the SRA Standards and Regulations and the maze of...
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29th Mar
Q&As

When making a data subject access request to a law firm, is a client entitled to copies of the firm’s own internal communications relating to allegations of negligence by the client against the firm? Is the answer the same for a client complaint rather than an actual or potential claim?

Personal data that is subject to a duty of client confidentiality or contained within communications that are considered to be legally privileged may...
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Produced in partnership with Peter Steel of Augury Consulting Limited 24th Mar
Q&As

What should I do if I can’t access all the relevant data to respond to a data subject request because of coronavirus (COVID-19) social distancing measures?

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

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Novation—why and how to novate a contract

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Negligence—when is the duty of care breached?

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Codicils

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