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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

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LexisPSL and MLex trial new interactive EU GDPR enforcement tracker

LexisPSL and MLex trial new interactive EU GDPR enforcement tracker

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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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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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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

Social media—employment issues

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

Managing personal data breaches

Data security is a cornerstone of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The sixth data protection principle (the integrity and...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

Identifying information security risks

This Practice Note is intended to help you:•identify the information and data that your company holds and is responsible for (sometimes called your...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

Information security—passwords

Passwords are a widely available method of protecting access to personal data and the systems used to process it. They are relatively affordable and...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

Pandemic management—information and cybersecurity—challenges and practical responses

Pandemics are exceptional events which present organisations with difficult business conditions, uncertainty and particularly challenging information...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

Information security lifecycle

Information security has become a business-critical issue. It is not something you can tackle in isolation, as there are obvious overlaps with cyber...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

Information security—encryption

Encryption is a widely-available information security solution. It is relatively affordable and simple to implement, so is recommended by the...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

Formulating an information management and security policy

This Practice Note is intended to help you to draft a robust information management and security policy.Having such a policy helps minimise the...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

Managing trade secrets and confidential information

Every organisation holds a body of information which it considers would, if disclosed, damage its competitive strength, reputation or market value....
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9th Apr
Practice notes

Information security—data protection compliance

You must have appropriate security in place to prevent personal data being accidentally or deliberately compromised. Information security is wider...
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9th Apr
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Mitigating information and data security risks

Data security is a cornerstone of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The sixth data protection principle (the integrity and...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

The Chartered Governance Institute guidance on cyber risk

This guidance, dated June 2013, produced by The Chartered Governance Institute (formerly known as ICSA: The Governance Institute) (CGI), helps...
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8th Apr
Precedents

Website terms and conditions of use

1About our terms1.1These terms and conditions of use (Terms) explain how you may use this website and any of its content (Site). These Terms apply...
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Produced in partnership with Guy Wilmot of Russell-Cooke and Sapna Desai of Russell-Cooke 1st Apr
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Precedents

Cybercrime awareness campaign

Quarter 1—Confidential informationThe tips and reminders for this quarter relate to confidential information. You can find more specific information...
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1st Apr
Precedents

Website—cybercrime—monitoring form

1ReviewName of person(s) conducting review[Insert name(s)]Date of review[Insert date]Number of files/pages added in the review period[Insert...
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1st Apr
Practice notes

Cybercrime incident management

Though taking preventative steps obviously makes good sense (see Practice Note: Cybercrime prevention), it is not possible to totally eradicate the...
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1st Apr
Practice notes

Websites—compliance requirements

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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26th Mar
Precedents

Policy—bring your own device (BYOD)

From IP completion day (11pm on 31 December 2020), Retained Regulation (EU) 2016/679, UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) is retained EU...
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Produced in partnership with Bird & Bird 22nd Mar
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Precedents

Training materials—information management and security

This presentation has been designed as an aid to train your staff on your information management and security policy and procedures.The training...
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22nd Mar
Precedents

Records management policy

1Introduction1.1Maintaining business records in a systematic and reliable manner is essential to comply with our legal and regulatory requirements, eg...
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19th Mar

Popular documents

LEXISNEXIS

Scrip dividends

Dividends involve a distribution of cash or a distribution of non-cash assets (known as a distribution in kind or a distribution in specie).A scrip dividend (in a tax context, sometimes referred to as a stock dividend) allows a shareholder to receive new shares in a company as an alternative to a

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Joint, several, and joint and several liability

ContractWhere a contract is made by two or more parties it may contain a promise or obligation made by two or more of those parties. Any such promise may be:•joint•several, or•joint and severalWhether an undertaking is joint, several, or joint and several in contract is a question of construction

LEXISNEXIS

Tort—the different types of tort

This Practice Note identifies the main torts (bar negligence and nuisance, which are covered elsewhere in our related content) and their key characteristics. Specifically:•trespass to land•trespass to the person•privacy/defamation•liability for animals•employers' liability•product

LEXISNEXIS

Sources of Shari'ah

IntroductionShari'ah (also Sharia, Shariah or Shari’a) (literally, in Arabic, 'the path towards the watering place') or Islamic law is the legal system of the religion of Islam that sets out a system of duties or code of conduct for individuals to follow so that they may live their life in a