A court document in civil actions containing the claims of a pursuer, the defender's answers and the parties adjustments to claims and answers.

The date on which a shareholder must be registered as the owner of shares in order to receive a dividend or other entitlement. Also, in the context of a rights issue, the reference date for entitlement to nil paid rights. The record date will usually be selected following consultation with the sponsor, broker and registrar. Where statutory pre-emption rights apply the record date must be not more than 28 days immediately before the date of the offer (CA 2006, s 574(2)).

Law360, London: A record 6,414 potential victims of modern slavery were reported to the Home Office between July 2025 and September 2025, the highest number received in a single quarter since the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) began in 2009.

Company number: [insert number] [Insert company name] [ Limited OR PLC] Minutes of a meeting of the board of directors (the Meeting) of [insert full name of company] (the Company) Held at [insert place of meeting] Held on [insert day, month and year of meeting] at [insert time of meeting][ [am OR pm OR ] Present: [Insert name of director to be chair] (Chair)[Insert names of directors who are physically present][[Insert names of any directors present by telephone as permitted by the Company’s articles of association] (by telephone)] [[Insert names of any directors present by other means permitted by the Company’s articles of association] (by [insert other means])] [ In attendance: ] [[Insert names of those in attendance, who do not count towards the quorum (eg the company secretary, any legal advisers) (if any)]] [ Apologies: ] [[Insert names of directors who are unable to attend meeting (if any)]] 1 Chair, notice and quorum [Insert name] was appointed Chair of the Meeting. The Chair reported that due notice of the Meeting had been given in accordance with the Company’s articles of association (the Articles) and that a quorum was present. Accordingly,

1 General information Date of investigation [Insert date] Person conducting investigation [Insert name] Date sanctions match report form received [Insert date] Name of person who submitted the sanctions match report form [Insert name] [Customer OR Client] name and reference, if applicable [Insert name and reference] Have we received any funds from the potential target match? ☐ Yes—provide further details☐ No In what way are we dealing with the potential target match (eg [client OR customer], third party, etc)? [Insert details] 2 Details of potential target match Full name of the possible target match [Insert name] On which sanctions list does this name occur

The expression of audit rights in a contract, and the requirement to maintain records relating to that contract in a particular manner, are an essential component of any outsourcing. Effective oversight allows a customer to ensure that services are being performed as expected and provides an opportunity for the supplier to demonstrate compliance with the contract. This Practice Note considers the following key issues in relation to record retention and audit rights in outsourcing transactions: • Initial considerations • How long should records be kept? • Audit rights • Consistency with other terms of the contract • Supplier's perspective For examples of drafting that can be used in record retention or audit provisions of an agreement, see clauses 22 (Records) and 23 (Audit) of Precedent: Outsourcing agreement—long form. Initial considerations There are several key questions that the parties will need to answer in order to determine what is appropriate in any given situation: • What are the record retention requirements for each of the customer and the supplier both at law and in relation to internal policies?

Employment news analysis: Where a disabled party requests, as a reasonable adjustment, to be permitted to record the employment tribunal hearing, the tribunal should follow the guidance in Heal v University of Oxford [2020] ICR 1294 or will otherwise risk failing to take account of factors material to the assessment of the application. A disabled party, particularly one acting in person, is already likely to be at a substantial disadvantage in facing experienced lawyers on the other side. If that disadvantage is compounded by their particular disability-related difficulties in following the proceedings or responding to what has been said by a respondent, the threshold of reasonableness in terms of an adjustment to help alleviate that effect should not be set too high, according to the EAT.

This Agreement is made on [date] Parties 1 [insert name of Company], whose registered office is at [insert address] (registered in England no [insert number]) (the Company); 2 [insert name] of [insert address]; 3 [insert name] of [insert address]; 4 [insert name] of [insert address]; and 5 [insert name] of [insert address]. (the second, third, fourth and fifth parties to this Agreement being jointly and severally referred to as the Artists, which expression shall be deemed to include the personal representatives, executors, successors and assignees of the Artists where the context so admits) The parties agree: 1 Definitions and interpretation 1.1 In this Agreement: Advance • means any and all of those sums payable to the Artists pursuant to clause 5; Completion of Recording • means the completion and delivery to the Company in accordance with the Recording Schedule of fully edited and finally mixed down technically satisfactory Master Recordings of sufficient technical[ and artistic] quality to enable the manufacture and/or distribution of Records; [Live Recordings • means any audio or audio-visual recordings created or commissioned by or on behalf of the Artists of any or all of the Artists with or without others, whether made in concerts, tours, venues or gigs for charity

Recording and transcription of hearings CPR 39.9 sets out the provisions relating to the recording and transcription of proceedings and provides that: • all hearings in the High Court and County Court will be tape recorded (as defined in CPR 2.3(1)) or digitally recorded unless the judge directs otherwise • no one may use unofficial recording equipment in any court or judge’s room without the permission of the judge. Doing so constitutes a contempt of court under section 9 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 (CCA 1981). The court in Albert Court (Westminster) Management Co Ltd v Fetaimia used its powers under its inherent jurisdiction and/or CPR 25 to confiscate a mobile phone during a hearing where the court suspected that an unauthorised recording had been made. For information on contempt of court, see: Contempt and committal—overview • any person may obtain a transcript or transcripts of the recording of any hearing, on payment of the appropriate charges • where the hearing or any part of it was held in private, only parties

1 Introduction 1.1 Maintaining business records in a methodical and reliable way is essential to comply with our legal and regulatory requirements, eg relating to data protection, tax and employment. It also reduces the costs and risks associated with retaining unnecessary information. 1.2 This records management policy has been developed to help staff properly manage the records of [insert organisation name]. It sets out: 1.2.1 what records are; 1.2.2 how records should be classified and stored; 1.2.3 how long different classes of record should be retained; 1.2.4 how records should be disposed of. 2 Responsibility and application 2.1 [Insert name, department or role holder] is responsible for this policy. 2.2 This policy applies to all staff, which for these purposes includes employees, temporary and agency workers, other contractors, interns and volunteers. All staff must be familiar with this policy and comply with it. 2.3 This policy does not form part of any employee’s contract of employment and [insert organisation name] may supplement or amend this policy with additional policies and guidelines from time to time. Any new or modified policy will be circulated to staff before being adopted. 3 What are records? 3.1 A record is something which contains information.

1 General records management ICO expectation and current status More information LexisNexis® Precedents Your business has defined and allocated records management responsibilities☐ Not yet implemented or planned☐ Partially implemented or planned☐ Successfully implemented☐ Not applicable You should assign lead responsibility for records management at a senior enough level to be able to change policy, process and culture.Where resources are available, you should nominate an appropriately skilled lead to coordinate records management within your business. You may combine this with other roles within your business. Data protection officer—DPO—job description and role profileData privacy manager—non-DPO—job description and role profile Your business has approved and published an appropriate records management policy. This is subject to a regular review process.☐ Not yet implemented or planned☐ Partially implemented or planned☐ Successfully implemented☐ Not applicable A policy will address how records are used within your business in a consistent manner. This can be part of a general policy or a standalone policy statement that is supported by specific records management procedures such as storage and maintenance or disposal of records.The policy should clearly set out your approach to records management

1 Introduction 1.1 This Records retention schedule accompanies and is incorporated into [insert organisation’s name]’s Records management policy. It sets out the time periods that different types of business records (as defined in the Records management policy) must be retained for business and legal purposes. [You do not need to read the entire retention schedule, but rather should focus on the types of records relevant to your role.] 1.2 The retention periods in the schedule are based on business needs and legal requirements, including our obligation under data protection law not to keep personal data for longer than is necessary. Once a retention period has expired, the data or record should be reviewed and destroyed if it is no longer needed. 1.3 If you maintain any types of records that are not listed in this schedule, and it is not clear from the existing record types in this schedule what retention period should apply, please contact [insert who, eg the Data Protection Officer] for guidance. 1.4 Any deviations from the retention periods in this schedule must be approved in advance by [insert,