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June 16, 2021
The CLC’s Participating Insurers Agreement and Minimum Terms and Conditions: Call For Evidence
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June 15, 2021
Legal Risk LLP boosts team with senior hire from Solicitors Regulation Authority
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June 15, 2021
SRA press release: extension of Solicitors Indemnity Fund cover until 30 September 2022
Note this is subject to an affordability test. Assuming the test is met for one more year, it will mean that SIF will continue to provide post six-year run-off cover for claims against firms which have closed without a successor practice until September 2022.
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June 7, 2021
Crown Prosecution Service: Updated guidance on prosecution of money laundering offences
Note that for offences committed on or after 2 June 2021 the CPS will prosecute individuals for failure to disclose offences under s330 regardless of whether it subsequently transpires that money laundering cannot be proven, or that it did not occur.
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June 7, 2021
The European Commission approved new Standard Contractual Clauses for international data transfers on 4 June 2021
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June 7, 2021
Legal Ombudsman: updated complaints handling guide
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June 2, 2021
Sanso Rondon v LexisNexis Risk Solutions UK Ltd [2021] EWHC 1427 (QB)
A representative appointed under Art. 27 of GDPR was held to have no liability to the claimant for alleged breaches of GDPR in connection with a database providing information for anti-money laundering compliance.
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May 28, 2021
Trust Registration Service Manual – HMRC internal manual
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May 25, 2021
Data protection: MEPs urge the Commission to amend UK adequacy decisions
European Parliament resolution calls on the Commission to modify its draft decisions on whether or not UK data protection is adequate and data can safely be transferred here.
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May 18, 2021
Call for views on cyber security in supply chains and managed service providers
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport has published a Call for views on cyber security in supply chains and managed service providers. With cyber-attacks on the increase, this is relevant to professional firms using Software as a Service (SaaS), as most firms do.
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