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Ringing the changes with the CPS’s Economic Crime Strategy 2025

Ringing the changes with the CPS’s Economic Crime Strategy 2025

The following Corporate Crime news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Ringing the changes with the CPS’s Economic Crime Strategy 2025

Risk & Compliance weekly highlights—8 April 2021

Risk & Compliance weekly highlights—8 April 2021

The following Risk & Compliance news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Risk & 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

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Money Laundering Regulations 2017—simplified due diligence

Money Laundering Regulations 2017—simplified due diligence

You may apply simplified customer due diligence (SDD) measures in relation to particular business relationships or transactions which you determine...

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...

Dawn raid—who can raid my organisation and why?

Dawn raid—who can raid my organisation and why?

The UK Government has legislated to permit a number of UK authorities to obtain search warrants to 'raid' a business premises. The potential for a...

Practice notes

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...
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Practice notes

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...
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9th Nov
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Practice notes

Getting the Deal Through: Merger Control 2021

Jurisdictions coveredThe following jurisdictions are covered in this report:Albania; Australia; Austria; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Brazil;...
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9th Nov
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
Practice notes

Money Laundering Regulations 2017—nominated officer

This Practice Note sets out when organisations must appoint a nominated officer, the duties of the nominated officer and practical steps nominated...
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9th Nov
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Practice notes

UK GDPR—the basics

This Practice Note explains, in simple terms, the key features of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). See also Precedent: Data...
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24th Mar
Practice notes

Data protection compliance planning

This Practice Note is intended for commercial organisations based in the UK. It summarises key features of the UK General Data Protection Regulation...
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19th Mar
Precedents

Data protection compliance—self-audit

Lawfulness, fairness and transparencyICO expectationLexisNexis® guidanceLexisNexis® Precedents and tools☐  Conduct information audit to map data...
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12th Mar
Q&As

Does the GDPR prevent law firms or other professional services providers from charging clients for storing or retrieving their files?

Law firms—sector specific guidancePlease see Q&A: Can I charge a client for retrieving and or returning their file? This is based on Law Society...
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15th Feb
Q&As

Despite not being in effect until 25 May 2018, can you address the GDPR in contractual agreements now?

ImplementationThe General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679, (the GDPR) came into force on 24 May 2016, but due to a two-year...
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13th Feb

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Causation and intervening acts in criminal cases

Criminal offences are generally divided into two categories: •conduct crimes, and •result crimesA conduct crime is a crime where only the forbidden conduct needs to be proved. For example, an accused is guilty of dangerous driving if they drove a motor vehicle dangerously on a road or other public

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Negligence—when is the duty of care breached?

Having established that a duty of care exists (see Practice Note: Negligence—when does a duty of care arise?), it is then necessary to consider whether or not there has been a breach of that duty. This will depend on a number of factors outlined below and considered against the general background of

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Skeleton arguments

This Practice Note provides guidance on the interpretation and application of the relevant provisions of the CPR. Depending on the court in which your matter is proceeding, you may also need to be mindful of additional provisions—see further below.Note: this Practice Note does not deal with the

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Automatism

Definition of automatismAn act is done in a state of automatism if it is done by the body without control by the mind, (eg it is a spasm or a reflex), or if it is done by a person who is not conscious of what they are doing. The act may be described as involuntary, but will not be regarded as such