Effectively mitigating the risks of bribery and corruption is critical for maintaining integrity and compliance within your organisation. Our guidance provides practical strategies for establishing robust anti-bribery controls, conducting thorough risk assessments, and ensuring your practices align with the latest legal requirements. Equip yourself with the tools to prevent unethical conduct and safeguard your firm’s reputation in an ever-evolving regulatory landscape.
This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes new ICO data protection training for SMEs. We have several significant sanctions...
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has amended General Licences INT/2025/7895596 and INT/2025/8031092 under regulation 64 of the...
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has launched Data Protection Essentials, a free online training programme designed to give small and...
Law360, Expert analysis: The dismissal of criminal charges at Southwark Crown Court on 9 July in R v Hauser & Wirth Gallery Ltd & another, against...
Can I charge a fee for dealing with a data subject access request?The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides for enhanced rights for data...
How to plan and conduct an internal investigationAn internal investigation is a legal process undertaken by an organisation (with or without outside...
Can a limited company make a subject access request? Can a director of a limited company ask for recordings of calls with us? If yes, what personal...
Anti-bribery and corruption—post-training assessment answersQuestionCorrect answer1. How many new offences does the Bribery Act 2010 create? (b)...
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 point
Contributory negligence in personal injury claimsContributory negligence is a partial defence which can lead to a discount in damages.Other defences may also be relevant. See Practice Notes: Did the claimant consent to the risk of injury? and Was the claimant involved in an illegal activity?If a
Can shares in a limited company that have not been paid-up at all be cancelled?A limited company having a share capital may not alter that share capital, except in the ways listed in section 617 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Shares in a company cannot simply be cancelled without following an
Glossary—Latin legal termsDespite attempts in recent years to simplify the language used in legal cases, there are still a number of Latin phrases commonly used in personal injury claims. The following Latin phrases are listed in alphabetical order:Latin termDefinitionMeaningActa iure imperiiLegal
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