Navigating the intricate world of third-party relationships is crucial for maintaining compliance and protecting your practice from liability. This resource provides in-depth, practical guidance on managing third-party risks, ensuring due diligence, and developing robust contracts and agreements. Equip yourself with the tools needed to handle third-party interactions with confidence and uphold the highest standards of practice compliance.
Corporate Crime analysis: The Crime and Policing Act 2026 (CPA 2026) has recently received Royal Assent and ushers in a significant recalibration of...
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has updated General Licence INT/2024/4761108 to: (1) add a new definition of ‘cryptoasset’,...
This week's edition of Practice Compliance weekly highlights includes new Russia sanctions regulations, alongside fresh DBT general trade licences for...
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has issued two general trade licences permitting certain activities otherwise prohibited under the Russia...
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...
In what circumstances might a solicitor be able to contact another lawyer's client directly?The current SRA Standards and Regulations (STaR) are...
SRA Code of Conduct for individuals and firmsThis Practice Note provides guidance on the SRA Codes of Conduct, contained in the SRA Standards and...
Acting for yourself, friends and familyThis Practice Note covers considerations where a law firm wishes to act for one of its own partners or...
Is an undertaking binding and enforceable if given by a legally unqualified individual on behalf of their law firm?The SRA Code of Conduct for Firms imposes an obligation on the firm to comply with all undertakings given by the firm within an agreed timescale—or if no timescale has been agreed,
Undertakings and the courtThis Practice Note explains:•what powers the court has to enforce undertakings•when it is likely to exercise those powersBreach of an undertaking is also likely to be professional misconduct and can be dealt with by the SRA, although the SRA cannot itself enforce compliance
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
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