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Checklist The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), a part of HM Treasury, is responsible for communicating, implementing and enforcing financial sanctions in the UK. It also holds powers to grant licences that permit an activity or transaction which would otherwise be prohibited under the UK financial sanctions regime. OFSI may only issue licences connected to financial sanctions. If your application concerns a different sanction, such as trade or immigration, you must send it to the appropriate Department. See further Practice Note: Understanding the financial sanctions regime. This Checklist brings together the requirements for applying to OFSI for a financial sanctions licence, alongside recommendations to help make your application faster and easier. These are drawn from multiple sources, including the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (SAMLA 2018) and regulations made under it, various OFSI guidance materials, and guidance from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). This Checklist also signposts relevant content to support compliance with these requirements and suggestions. A section is provided for you to indicate completion...

The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA 2016) reshapes the statutory regime governing covert surveillance conducted by public authorities, a regime largely, but not entirely, previously contained in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA 2000). This Checklist carefully sets out those public authorities that hold the power to apply for authorisation to obtain communications data under IPA 2016, Pt 3, preserving the established focus and scope throughout. Authorisations to secure communications data may only be granted where defined conditions are satisfied, by the Investigatory Powers Commissioner under IPA 2016, s 60A, by designated senior officers under IPA 2016, s 61, or by designated senior officers in urgent circumstances under IPA 2016, s 61A. In operational practice, the Office for Communications Data Authorisations carries out this function on the Commissioner’s behalf. The table below specifies which public authorities may apply to access communications data, the kinds of communications data they are permitted to request, together with the purposes for which such data may be obtained, whether...

Information to be included This checklist explains the details that must be set out in a notice submitted to the UK central digital platform to satisfy the transparency obligations in the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 (PSR Regs 2023), SI 2023/1348, reg 9(11)(a), following a direct award of a health care contract using Direct Award Process C. A clear statement that the award was made using Direct Award Process C Contract title and reference The provider’s name and the address of its registered office or principal place of business A description of the relevant health care services, including the most appropriate CPV code The lifetime contract value or, if not yet known, the sums payable to the provider under the contract The dates during which the services will be delivered Details of the award decision-makers Any declared or potential conflicts of interest and how these were managed Further reading Practice...

Procurement process flowchart This Procurement process flowchart outlines the sequence a procurement might follow and highlights the factors to weigh and the considerations involved to maintain a transparent and appropriate procedure. It further points to the Precedents on hand to support you through the procurement steps. This Flowchart serves as a worked illustration and is not meant to be exhaustive. While organisations may adopt quite varied approaches, it offers a useful baseline or point of reference. Any contract value amounts shown here are for demonstration purposes only...

MTA Personal Injury Solicitors LLP (in administration) (acting by its joint administrators Andrew Lawrence Hosking and Sean Bucknall) v Wiseglass [2024] EWHC 2208 (Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? The burden rests on the administrator, as an office-holder owing fiduciary duties, to substantiate any request for remuneration by being candid with the court and providing information that is adequate, coherent and sufficient. The administrator must justify fees with proper evidence and open disclosure. Statement of Insolvency Practice (SIP) 2 is pivotal in underscoring the duty to identify assets, including prospective claims against third parties such as directors, and to determine what recoveries may realistically be achieved. Paras 9–11 require an initial assessment: this includes making enquiries and/or interviewing directors and senior staff where appropriate, forming a preliminary view on potential recovery routes, and deciding what further investigation is warranted. Paras 4 and 18 emphasise clear reporting of actions taken and outcomes, together with thorough documentation of initial assessments, investigations and conclusions....

What is the background to the Act? The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA 2023) gained Royal Assent on 26 October 2023, with some provisions already operative. A principal reform within ECCTA 2023 is the shift towards a more regulatory role for the Registrar of Companies, intended to raise the quality, accuracy and openness of information held on the Companies House registers, while also bolstering the Registrar’s stance in combating economic crime. What are the key provisions of relevance to pension schemes, trustees and managers? Although ECCTA 2023 is not aimed specifically at UK pension schemes, it captures all UK companies. Consequently, the developments affect corporate bodies and their directors, including corporate trustee boards and corporate trustee directors of UK pension schemes. General changes In broad terms, corporate trustees should anticipate closer scrutiny and more active engagement from Companies House when incorporating a new company, or when submitting amendments and filings for an existing entity. Changes include: enhanced powers to...

Purkiss (as liquidator of Ethos Solutions Ltd) v Kennedy and others [2024] EWHC 1081 (Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? This judgment clarifies the scope of IA 1986, s 423 and confirms that tax avoidance, standing alone, is not an unlawful purpose. The respondents received monies they should not have obtained by joining a failed tax avoidance arrangement; yet, without additional evidence, IA 1986, s 423 was not the appropriate avenue to recover those sums What was the background? The Company was an umbrella enterprise established in 2008 that promoted and operated a tax avoidance scheme (the Scheme) intended to enable self‑employed participants to avoid paying income tax and national insurance contributions (NICs) on their earnings. Under the Scheme, individuals who had supplied services to an end user as consultants or independent contractors became employees of the Company and then delivered their services to the end user through the Company. Most of their remuneration was routed by the Company to an offshore employee...

As of 31 January 2020, the UK left the EU and the EEA. This Practice Note introduces: the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (EU GDPR) framework (which applied within UK law up to the end of the Brexit implementation period—11 pm UK time on 31 December 2020—and continues to operate across the EEA; therefore, any references in this Practice Note to EEA or EU states should be read as also covering the UK until that period concluded) the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation, Retained Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (UK GDPR) framework (which applies under UK law from the end of the Brexit implementation period) Where there is no need to draw a distinction, this Practice Note refers to both as ‘GDPR’ for ease. When looking at the routine processing of personal data, the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018) should be consulted together, as both sets of provisions have direct effect. Practitioners will generally...

Practice Note This Practice Note outlines how mediation operates in IP disputes, highlighting core practical points and the documents commonly employed. an overview of mediation which disputes are suitable for mediation the appropriate timing for mediation selecting a mediator what a mediation agreement should contain key documentation preparing and planning for mediation how the session is run settlement and costs It also considers the mediation service provided by the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO). Mediation is a voluntary, confidential process through which two or more parties seek to reach a negotiated resolution of a dispute. The parties undertake it with the assistance of an impartial third party (the mediator) who facilitates progress towards agreement. There is nothing distinctive about mediating an IP dispute when compared with other disputes. The way any mediation is conducted turns on the character of the dispute and the parties’ aims; accordingly, the issues in play will steer the considerations set...

What must a DPA contain? The statutory rules defining the contents of a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) appear in paragraph 5 of Schedule 17 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (CCA 2013). They prescribe two mandatory requirements and seven suggested terms; the latter are indicative rather than exhaustive, and the parties may agree further suitable provisions. The list of suggested terms is expressly non-exhaustive. Accordingly, the basis of the DPA and its detailed contents should be expressed with clarity, set out clearly and simply, and then put before the court for its consideration and approval. The decision in Guralp Systems Ltd v Director of the Serious Fraud Office highlights the consequences of failing to articulate DPA terms plainly and succinctly. Other appropriate terms may likewise be incorporated by agreement. Mandatory terms of a DPA Every DPA must include a Statement of Facts relating to the alleged offence. That statement can, but need not, record admissions by the organisation; this is not compulsory. See further below: DPA—Statement...

INSOLVENCY ACT APPLICATION NOTICE Case No: [ insert case number ]. Court: High Court (Business and Property Courts, Insolvency and Companies List (ChD)) OR Business and Property Courts in [ insert location ] OR County Court at [ insert location ] (Business and Property Work). In the matter of [ insert company’s name ] and the Insolvency Act 1986. Parties: [ Insert Applicant(s) ] v [ Insert Respondent(s) ]. Under IR 2016 r 18.23. Parties and addresses: Applicants [ names/addresses ]; Respondents [ names/addresses ]. Application relates to [ details ]. Judge: [ level ]. Venue: [ court/hearing centre ]. Ref: [ number ]. Orders sought: Fix remuneration at £[ insert sum ] plus VAT; disbursements £[ insert sum ]. Costs to be an expense of the [ liquidation/administration ]. Any further order or relief the court considers appropriate. Grounds: witness statement of [ name ], dated [ date ]. Service/notice: [ names/addresses, if any, or none ]. Address for...

A: General information Date of review [ insert date ] Person(s) carrying out the review [ insert name(s) and/or role(s) ] B: Review and findings Is your Data protection policy fully up to date and appropriate for its intended purpose? ☐ Yes ☐ No If no, kindly set out any amendments required and make sure you record an action at section C below to update your Data protection policy accordingly Are you satisfied that your Data protection procedures are operating effectively, in particular the procedures that relate to: your obligations regarding the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)? providing clients with a notice about data processing?...

This Agreement is dated [ insert date— note that admission agreements may now commence prior to the execution date and, where appropriate, take effect from an earlier date ]. Parties [ insert full name of Administering Authority ] (the ‘Administering Authority’); [ insert full name of Scheme Employer ] (the ‘Scheme Employer’); [ insert full name of Admission Body ], a company incorporated in England (company registration no. [ insert number ]) with its registered office at [ insert registered company address ] (the ‘Admission Body’). Background [ insert full name of Administering Authority ] acts as the Administering Authority of the [ insert full name of pension scheme ] in accordance with the Regulations as in force. The Scheme Employer is a scheme employer within the meaning given by the Regulations. From the Contract Start Date, the Admission Body shall deliver the Services in relation to the performance of a function of the Scheme Employer...