SRA Standards and Regulations | The Law Society
WEBThe SRA's professional ethics helpline for solicitors offers advice on the SRA Standards and Regulations to solicitors, trainees and solicitor apprentices. You can choose to remain anonymous. Call 0370 6062577 from 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm, Monday to Friday. Chat with the team online between 9am and 10am, …
Stamp duty land tax - The Law Society
WEBSep 23, 2022 · Stamp duty land tax (SDLT) is a tax payable by the purchaser on land transactions in England and Northern Ireland. As a solicitor, it may be that you: advise on SDLT. file SDLT returns. pay the tax on your clients’ behalf and within the applicable time limits. This page provides a summary of key points only – see our legal notice.
Find a solicitor - The Law Society
WEBFind a solicitor in England and Wales using our free website. When you search, you can filter by: your legal issue, for example employment. a postcode, town or country. the name of a solicitor. the name of a firm. The results will show a list of solicitors. You can make a further search for solicitors who speak your language and who provide:
High-risk third countries for AML purposes | The Law Society
WEBThe latest amendments to the FATF lists came into force on 28 June 2024. Monaco and Venezuela were added to the lists. Jamaica and Turkey were removed. The high-risk third countries are: Bulgaria. Burkina Faso. Cameroon. …
Quick guide to the Money Laundering Regulations 2017
WEBThe Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (MLR 2017) came into force in June 2017.. Our quick guide gives you an overview of the key issues firms need to be aware of. The Legal Sector Affinity Group, which represents the legal sector AML supervisors and includes the Law Society and the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), has ...
Power of attorney - The Law Society
WEBAn ordinary power of attorney. This is a legal way of giving someone else the power to manage your financial affairs when it is difficult for you to manage them yourself, perhaps because of a physical disability. Usually you appoint someone you trust, such as a close relative, friend, or solicitor as your 'attorney'.
A guide to race and ethnicity terminology and language
WEBEthnicity is broader than race and has usually been used to refer to long shared cultural experiences, religious practices, traditions, ancestry, language, dialect or national origins (for example, African-Caribbean, Indian, Irish). Ethnicity can be seen as a more positive identity than one forged from the shared negative experiences of racism.
Understanding when someone is deprived of their liberty
WEBSep 28, 2024 · This guidance will help solicitors and people working in health and social care to identify when a deprivation of liberty may be taking place. Since the publication of our original guidance in 2015, there have been important developments in the law relating to deprivation of liberty, including clarification of the position of: those under 18.
Respond to a subject access request (SAR) | The Law Society
WEBHow to respond. Before responding you need to: check the identity of the person making the request. remove any information about someone else (third-party information) from the material. When responding you need to: confirm that you’re processing their personal data. provide them with a copy of it. give details of how the data is collected ...
Bribery Act 2010 - The Law Society
WEBJul 1, 2011 · The Bribery Act 2010, which came into force on 1 July 2011, makes it an offence for a UK national or person located in the UK to pay or receive a bribe, either directly or indirectly. The Bribery Act covers transactions that take place in the UK or abroad, and both in the public or private sectors. Companies and …
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