The following Practice Compliance news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Practice Compliance weekly highlights—3 April 2025
SRA Code of Conduct for individuals and firmsThis Practice Note provides guidance on the SRA Codes of Conduct, contained in the SRA Standards and...
Duties of confidentiality and disclosure 2019The protection of confidential information is a fundamental feature of the solicitor-client relationship...
Conflicts of interest 2019Conflicts of interest can cause difficult and serious problems for solicitors and law firms, both from a compliance point of...
Working with foreign lawyers—the Registered Foreign Lawyer (RFL) regimeThe Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) operates a registration regime for...
If an email is sent to you in error by an opposing party’s solicitor, what obligations does one have to notify the client of its contents? If there is no duty to disclose the contents to the client, is there a duty to let them know that the email has been received but deleted?SRA standards and
Conflicts of interest—law firms and solicitorsConflicts of interest can cause difficult and serious problems for solicitors and law firms, both from a compliance point of view and in your client relationships. If a conflict of interest arises, or there is a risk of one arising in the course of your
Safeguards and information barriersProtection of confidential information is fundamental to your relationship with clients, both as a matter of law and as a matter of conduct. This duty continues despite the end of the retainer and even after the death of the client and can apply to prospective as
Material confidential information and adverse interestsProtection of confidential information is fundamental to your relationship with clients, both as a matter of law and as a matter of conduct. This duty continues despite the end of the retainer and even after the death of the client. There are
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