Protecting sensitive data is paramount. Legal practitioners must stay ahead of evolving regulations to ensure compliance and mitigate risks associated with data breaches. This guidance provides the latest best practices, statutory updates, and actionable insights, equipping you with the tools to navigate the demanding landscape of data protection compliance effectively.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has published guidance on terminating client retainers, clarifying the circumstances in which solicitors and...
This week's edition of Risk and Compliance weekly highlights includes changes to UK sanctions regulations, including amendments to relevant firms’...
Corporate Crime analysis: In this update, corporate crime experts Elliott Kenton, partner, and James Camidge, solicitor, at Weightmans, distil the...
The Government’s Equality (Race and Disability) Bill was notably absent from today’s King’s Speech, despite expectations in some quarters that the...
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)...
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 subjects including providing rights of rectification, erasure and restriction of processing, data portability, a right to object to processing and a
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application
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