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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

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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

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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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Produced in partnership with Joanne Kane of Carmelite Chambers 12th Jan
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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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

Dealing with the Information Commissioner's Office

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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Produced in partnership with Vikki Hoyle of Walker Morris LLP 9th Apr
Practice notes

Key definitions under data protection law

On 31 January 2020, the UK ceased to be a member of the EU and EEA. Given the extensive data flows between the EEA and UK, equivalent EEA data...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

Data protection principles

On 31 January 2020, the UK ceased to be a member of the EU and EEA. Given the extensive data flows between the EEA and UK, equivalent EEA data...
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Produced in partnership with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 6th Apr
Practice notes

The Chartered Governance Institute guidance on EU General Data Protection Regulation

This guidance note, dated November 2017, was produced by The Chartered Governance Institute (formerly known as ICSA: The Governance Institute) (CGI)...
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29th Mar
Practice notes

The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)

This Practice Note provides a summary of the UK GDPR regime. The processing of personal data by competent authorities for law enforcement purposes or...
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24th Mar
Practice notes

Introduction to the EU GDPR and UK GDPR

On 31 January 2020, the UK ceased to be a member of the EU and EEA. This Practice Note introduces:•the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation...
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24th Mar
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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

Diversity monitoring and data protection—law firms

You must monitor, report (to the SRA) and, where appropriate, publish data regarding the diversity of your workforce. The SRA is prescriptive about...
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18th 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
Practice notes

Brexit—implications for data protection

This Practice Note discusses the impact of Brexit on the general processing of personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation...
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11th Mar
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AML and data protection—law firms

This Practice Note reflects draft Legal Sector Affinity Group (LSAG) AML guidance, published on 20 January 2021. It awaits HM Treasury approval. Note...
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5th Mar
Practice notes

AML and data protection

This document reflects the UK GDPR regime. References and links to the GDPR refer to the UK GDPR (Retained Regulation (EU) 2016/679) unless expressly...
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4th Mar
Practice notes

Getting the Deal Through: Data Protection & Privacy 2021

Jurisdictions coveredThe following jurisdictions are covered in this report:Australia; Austria; Belgium; Brazil; Canada; Chile; China; Colombia;...
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25th Feb
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

Is a law firm a data controller or data processor under the General Data Protection Regulation? If a law firm acts as data processor, what contractual terms are required?

In the vast majority of cases, solicitors will act as the data controller in relation to personal data processed in connection with a client’s...
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15th Feb
Q&As

Will the processing of personal data relating to US citizens by a UK company in the UK be subject to the GDPR (once that applies) (and assuming the personal data relates to US citizens only, not EU citizens)?

Although the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) does not necessarily apply to every organisation in the world, it...
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Produced in partnership with Shobana Iyer of Swan Chambers 13th 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
Q&As

When drafting agreements that have data processing implications, do you need to take into account the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation even though the provisions of that Regulation will not come into force until May 2018?

The General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679, (the GDPR) represents the most significant development in data protection law for...
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13th Feb
Q&As

Under Article 3 of the General Data Protection Regulation, will all personal data processed ‘in the context of the activities of an establishment of a controller or a processor’ based in the EU fall under the regulation regardless if the personal data in question relates to EEA individuals or not?

The General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the GDPR) applies in all EU Member States from 25 May 2018. Note that in answering this question...
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Produced in partnership with Shobana Iyer of Swan Chambers 13th Feb

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