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This week's edition of Risk and Compliance weekly highlights includes the latest UKFIU guidance on the use of AI to bypass customer due diligence...
The UK Financial Intelligence Unit’s (UKFIU) magazine, SARs in Action, has published its 37th issue. The UKFIU’s 37th issue of SARs in Action...
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has published a warning notice directed at all solicitors and law firms under its regulation. The notice...
This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes new ICO data protection training for SMEs. We have several significant sanctions...
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
Glossary—Latin legal termsDespite attempts in recent years to simplify the language used in legal cases, there are still a number of Latin phrases commonly used in personal injury claims. The following Latin phrases are listed in alphabetical order:Latin termDefinitionMeaningActa iure imperiiLegal
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