This Checklist provides practical guidance on conducting a children’s access assessment under the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA 2023), an obligation with which all providers regulated under OSA 2023, Pt 3 (Part 3 services) must comply. The access assessment is designed to inform the service provider whether its service is likely to be accessed by children and, if so, what steps it must then take to comply with the child safety duties under OSA 2023. Part 3 services have three months from the date on which they either start to operate, or the date on which they come into scope as a regulated service, to complete their assessment. A service which concludes that it is not likely to be accessed by children must complete a new assessment at least annually and also in the event of certain trigger circumstances (see below). For guidance on which services are Part 3 services and the steps that must be taken after an access assessment is completed, see Practice Notes: The Online Safety Act 2023

This Checklist sets out the key steps to follow when carrying out a children’s risk assessment under the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA 2023). Conducting a ‘suitable and sufficient’ children’s risk assessment is one of the duties under OSA 2023. It must be undertaken as a precursor to complying with the child safety duties under OSA 2023, s 12 (for user-to-user services) and OSA 2023, s 28 (for search services) where such services have completed their children’s access assessments and concluded that their service is likely to be accessed by children in accordance with OSA 2023, s 37. For guidance on conducting a children’s access assessment, see: Conducting a children’s access assessment under the Online Safety Act 2023—checklist. The children’s risk assessment should be used to assess the level of risk associated with a particular service, which in turn will inform decisions about the measures a service will need to take in order to comply with its legal obligations. Note that in summer 2026, the government announced that it would be

This Practice Note is part of the Lexis+® UK Corporate Private equity buyout transaction collection. Conducting due diligence will involve reviewing documents made available by the seller in a data room or sent to the private equity investor for review. This will usually include reviewing various types of contracts (which may be of a specialist nature), as well as various records, ledgers and lists. The corporate lawyer will always be involved in reviewing corporate documents on a private equity buyout (MBO) transaction, such as the target company's articles of association and statutory books and records. Due diligence should always also include conducting searches of public registers, such as Companies House and HM Land Registry. The disclosure letter will be likely to include general disclosures of information contained in such public register searches (the investor should insist that these searches are actually made, rather than accepting information that would have been discovered if a search had been made). The investor 's legal due diligence will generally focus on the following

This Practice Note is part of the Share purchase transaction collection. Conducting legal due diligence will involve reviewing documents made available by the seller in a data room or sent to the buyer for review. This will usually include reviewing various types of contracts (which may be of a specialist nature), as well as various records, ledgers and lists. The corporate lawyer will always be involved in reviewing corporate documents on a share purchase transaction, such as the company's articles of association and statutory books and records. Due diligence should also include conducting searches of public registers, such as Companies House and HM Land Registry. The disclosure letter will be likely to include general disclosures of information contained in such public register searches (the buyer should insist that these are searches actually made, rather than accepting information that would have been discovered if a search had been made). The buyer's legal due diligence will generally focus on the following issues: • title (seller's title to the sale shares, as well

This Practice Note covers the requirements and practicalities of product recalls for food and drink, from the perspective of food business operators within the EU. A food business operator is the person or company responsible for ensuring the requirements of food law are met within the food business under their control. According to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, also known as the EU General Food Law, food business operators must only place safe food on the market. If a food product is unsafe, food business operators need to notify the competent national authority and take actions to ensure the safety of consumers. Where food products have reached consumers, the operator needs to inform consumers and, if necessary, recall from consumers products already supplied to them. This Practice Note focuses on food products, there is a separate Practice Note for general consumer goods, see Practice Note: Product safety notifications and corrective actions in the EU—general consumer goods. What is a recall? Product recall refers specifically to the efforts to retrieve unsafe products

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. STOP PRESS: Directive 2001/95/EC, the EU General Product Safety Directive (EU GPSD) has been repealed by Regulation (EU) 2023/988, also known as the EU General Product Safety Regulation (EU GPSR). For more information on the EU GPSR, see Practice Notes: The EU General Product Safety Regulation and Product safety notifications and corrective actions in the EU—general consumer goods (which is a new PN). STOP PRESS: The EU General Product Safety Directive (EU GPSD) will be repealed by Regulation (EU) 2023/988, also known as the General Product Safety Regulation (EU GPSR) from 13 December 2024. Before this date, products compliant with the GPSD can be made available on the EU market. For more information on the EU GPSR, see Practice Note: EU General Product Safety Regulation—tracker [Archived]. This Practice Note addresses the practicalities of product recall and other corrective actions for general consumer products in the EU from the perspective of producers and distributors. ‘Producer’ and ‘distributor’ are defined terms under Directive 2001/95/EC, the EU General

This flowchart illustrates how to conduct a product recall in the EU, when a business discovers the evidence of a dangerous product. The first step is to plan the product recall and the second one is to perform the product recall. This flowchart maps out the main actions to take at each stage of

Scope of this Practice Note This Practice Note contains guidance to the provisions contained within CPR PD 52B, which deals with appeals in the County Court and High Court, and supplements CPR 52 and the other practice directions under Part 52. General provisions on appeals are contained within CPR PD 52A. As such, this Practice Note should be read in conjunction with other Practice Notes giving general guidance on appeals being conducted under CPR 52 and its accompanying Practice Directions in subtopic: Civil appeals: general and preliminary considerations—overview. This Practice Note was updated with the changes to Part 52 which were brought into effect in October 2016, to which transitional provisions apply. These reflect the changes made to this Part over time, and require the court and the parties to comply with the rules applicable at the relevant time. They will only rarely be of continuing significance, but for detailed guidance on the pre-October 2016 provisions, the applicable transitional provisions and for a roadmap to historical content, see Practice

This Practice Note gives guidance on conducting an appeal in the Court of Appeal under Part 52 of the CPR and Practice Direction 52C. For guidance on related matters, see: • guidance on appeals to the UK Supreme Court (UKSC), covered in subtopic: Appeals to the Supreme Court • guidance on conducting appeals to the High Court, found in Practice Note: Conducting an appeal in the County Court or the High Court • guidance on the destination of appeals, found in Practice Note: Starting an appeal—destination of civil appeals Case managing the appeal The appeal court may make such directions as the case may require and those directions will prevail over any provisions within CPR PD 52C (CPR PD 52C, para 2). Multiple appeals Where two or more appeals are pending in the same or related proceedings, the parties must: • seek directions as to whether they are to be heard together or consecutively by the same judges (CPR PD 52C, para 25(1)) • attempt to agree a single appeal bundle or set

This Practice Note explains the conduct and progress of appeals made to the Court of Appeal Criminal Division (CACD) under the Criminal Procedure Rules 2025 (CrimPR 2025), SI 2025/909, Pts 36 and 39. Practitioners advising on appeals to the Court of Appeal Criminal Division should also ensure they are familiar with the requirements of the Criminal Practice Directions 2023 at Chapter 10 as well as the Guide to Proceedings in the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division. For detailed guidance on commencing appeals in the CACD, see Practice Notes: Starting an appeal in the Court of Appeal Criminal Division (CACD) and Criminal appeals—certificates of fitness to appeal from the Crown Court. See also: Common grounds for appealing conviction and sentence—checklist and Appeal to the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)—checklist. Note that in order to remove the administrative burden on the Court of Appeal, allowing it to focus on administering justice, authorised court officers are empowered to undertake specific judicial functions in CACD. Only those functions listed in CrimPR 2025, SI

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. NOTE: SAVE FOR WHERE THE APPEAL NOTICE WAS FILED OR PERMISSION TO APPEAL WAS OBTAINED BEFORE 1 OCTOBER 2012, THIS PRACTICE NOTE IS FOR HISTORIC PURPOSES ONLY. For guidance on the current provisions, see Practice Note: Conducting an appeal in the Court of Appeal. Further, the CPR rules and practice directions referred to in this guidance will link through to the existing provisions and not those effective before 1 October 2012. For the pre-October 2012 provisions, please see the attached pdf documents. CPR 52 (old) CPR PD 52 (old) Filing and serving documents Documents must be filed at the Civil Appeals Office Registry, Room E307, Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London WC2A 2LL Tel: 020 7947 6409. The Court of Appeal will not undertake service. This is the parties' responsibility. Filing by email is possible for: • an appellant's notice • a respondent's notice • an application notice Documents can only be filed electronically

This Practice Note provides information about conducting an appraisal meeting. See also Precedents: Preparing for your appraisal meeting—appraisee and Preparing for your appraisal meeting—appraiser. The essence of any performance management is the relationship between employee and manager. Both should know what needs to be done to meet their own goals and contribute to those of the firm as a whole. Some firms are moving away from calling these meetings appraisals, and you may even see some social media posts about abandoning them altogether. However you choose to term it, and whatever form they take, regular conversations with the individuals in your workforce are essential building blocks for a healthy culture in the workplace. Why are appraisals important? An effective performance management process focuses on: • aligning your workforce with the strategic aims of the business • improving employee performance • supporting employee development and retention • driving better business results • recognising and celebrating good performance • hugely important for remote individuals to enable them to remain connected to the team/firm Good performance