Effective risk management is essential for safeguarding your clients' interests and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Equip yourself with practical strategies, up-to-date guidance, and indispensable resources to identify, assess, and mitigate risks in today's dynamic legal environment. Stay ahead of potential pitfalls and maintain the highest standards of due diligence in your practice.
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has amended General Licence INT/2025/8031092. Originally issued on 27 November 2025 under...
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has concluded its June 2026 plenary, resulting in changes to its Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist...
HM Treasury (HMT) has published the government’s response to the Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorist Financing (AML/CTF) Supervision Reform:...
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has confirmed that Information Commissioner, John Edwards, had resigned after submitting his resignation...
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)...
How to create a legal risk registerThis Practice Note is intended for in-house lawyers. It explains how to create a legal risk register, a tool that allows you to collate all your legal risk information in one place, by categorising each legal risk the organisation faces, scoring each risk and then
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
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
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
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