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Intended for law firms This resource is aimed at law firms. It is designed to help you assess whether your systems are sufficient to comply with applicable regulatory and legislative obligations concerning referral and fee sharing arrangements. It reflects the SRA regulatory regime and the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. The SRA Standards and Regulations are supported by case studies and guidance presented in a range of formats, such as Q&As, warning notices, decision trees and ‘topic guidance’. See Practice Notes: Referral and fee sharing arrangements and Personal injury referrals—SRA examples, flowchart and guidance. This resource addresses situations where a third party refers clients to you and/or you enter into a fee sharing agreement with a third party. For situations where you introduce clients to third parties, see subtopic: Introductions to third parties. For guidance on what amounts to a referral, an introduction or a referral fee, see Practice Note: Referral and fee sharing arrangements—Definitions...

Employers engaging a recruitment agency or executive search (‘headhunting’) service should consider the implications of: the Employment Agencies Act 1973 (EAA 1973) and the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003, SI 2003/3319 (as amended) (Conduct Regulations 2003) the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010), which includes specific rules on discrimination by recruitment agencies Assimilated Regulation (EU) 2016/679, UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018) Conduct regulations-agency's general obligations For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, a recruitment agency is treated as an ‘employment agency’. For activities excluded from the scope of the EAA 1973, see Employment agencies and employment businesses-Scope of the legislation. A recruitment agency is subject to the following overarching obligations: a broad ban on charging work-seekers fees for finding them work; this does not stop the agency charging for ancillary services such as transport, accommodation, CV writing, photographic services, or training it must...

In this issue: Save As You Earn Corporate governance Useful information Dates for your diary Weekly highlights from other practice areas Save As You Earn HMRC updates guidance on SAYE savings arrangements and deductions from pay HMRC has revised its guidance at ETASSUM34120 to confirm that employees cannot use third‑party loans or other finance to boost the amounts saved under an SAYE scheme. The scheme must instead be operated in line with the SAYE prospectus, which specifies that contributions are made via deductions from pay. This further clarification appears to respond to market products where participants receive an immediate refund of monthly contributions from a third party funder, in exchange for an arrangement fee and a share of any profit ultimately realised when the SAYE option is exercised and the shares are sold. For more detail on the requirements applying to SAYE‑linked savings contracts, see Practice Note: How SAYE schemes work and key features. See: ETASSUM34120...

In this issue: Sanctions Data protection Other Practice Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Sanctions FCDO announces UK sanctions against Iranian authorities for human rights violations during peaceful protests The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has unveiled the UK’s suite of sanctions against ten individuals and one organisation in Iran for enabling recent human rights abuses against peaceful protestors. This action reflects the UK’s determination to hold the Iranian authorities to account following widespread brutality and violence. The Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FARAJA) has been designated for its leading role in policing protests in Iran and is subject to an immediate director disqualification and asset freeze, while the listed individuals—including the Minister of the Interior, several Police Chiefs, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders, judges and an Iranian businessman—are immediately subject to asset freezes, travel bans and director disqualifications...

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This Practice Note sets out the particular rules governing VAT on costs that fall to be the subject of either summary or detailed assessment before the High Court. The applicable provisions are contained in CPR PD 44. Entitlement to This is addressed at CPR PD 44, para 2.3 through to CPR PD 44, para 2.6. The party seeking recovery of costs bears responsibility for ensuring that VAT is claimed only if, and only to the extent that, it cannot recover from HMRC the VAT it has incurred (CPR PD 44, para 2.4). if the VAT is recoverable from HMRC, it should not be included in a claim for costs if only a proportion of the VAT is recoverable from HMRC, include only that proportion which is not recoverable from HMRC in the claim for costs The legal adviser’s VAT registration number must appear in a prominent position at the head of every statement, bill of costs, fee sheet, account or voucher...

1. What is the applicable legislation? The primary statute applicable to foreign direct investment (FDI) is the Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542 (A.D. 1999) (the FBA). The FBA regulates business activities undertaken by foreign individuals or entities in Thailand. Under the FBA, a “foreigner” is defined as: an individual who does not hold Thai nationality a juristic person not registered in Thailand a juristic person incorporated in Thailand where foreign ownership represents one-half or more of the total shares and/or registered capital a limited partnership or ordinary registered partnership whose managing shareholder or manager is a foreign national The FBA identifies business activities that foreign persons or entities are restricted from, or barred from, conducting in Thailand. These activities are grouped into three lists under the FBA: List 1: businesses that foreign nationals are completely prohibited from undertaking List 2: businesses that foreign nationals may carry on only with a foreign business licence from the...

1. What is the applicable legislation? The rules governing foreign direct investment are set out in: Competition Law No. 21 of 10 April 1996, as later amended and republished, most recently by Government Emergency Ordinance (GEO) No. 17/2026 of 13 March 2026 (Competition Law 1996) Regulation on economic concentrations adopted by Order No. 432/2017 of the President of the Romanian Competition Council (RCC) Supreme Council for State Defence (CSAT) Decision No. 73/2012 concerning the application of article 46 paragraph (9) of the Competition Law 1996 GEO No. 46/2022 implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union (FDI GEO 2022), published on 18 April 2022 and approved by Law No. 164 of 31 May 2023, further amended by GEO No. 108 of 29 November 2023, Law No. 231/2024 of 17 July 2024, GEO No. 152/2024 of 18 December 2024, and GEO No. 17/2026...

1 Legal costs 1.1 The legal costs of [ insert brief description of services, eg obtaining a grant of probate and distributing an estate ] consist of [ two OR three ] principal elements: our fees; outlays we pay on your behalf (often referred to as disbursements) [ ; OR . ] [ costs you may need to pay to another party. ] 1.2 Our charges We apply a fixed-fee structure [ of £[ insert price excluding VAT ] OR ranging between £[ insert price excluding VAT ] and £[ insert price excluding VAT ] depending on [ insert description of the factors that will dictate where in the fixed price range your fees will fall, eg the value and complexity of your matter ] ] . [ If a matter or transaction does not reach completion, we reserve the right to charge for the work undertaken, using our standard charging rate of £[ insert rate...

A: Gut feel Comments or observations Instinctive income forecast B: Trends Data Year Fee income £ % uplift on prior year Indicators that the % change is not part of the wider trend [ 2025 ] [ 2024 ] [ 2023 ] [ 2022 ] [ 2021 ] Conclusions Comments or observations Trend analysis fee income prediction C: Capacity No. of fee earners Expected chargeable hours per fee earner Average hourly rate Expected gross income % of recorded time billed in previous years Capacity income prediction D: WIP (work in progress) levels Data Value of WIP at year end [ 2024 ] Value of WIP at year end [ 2025 ] Number of open files at year end [ 2024 ] Number of open files at year...

Stage Questions Case study Create a sense of urgency How will staff recognise there’s a need to change? How will its significance be made clear? How will both near-term and longer-term gains be demonstrated? Set out: how much prospective new work is currently slipping away the effect that is having now and is expected to have going forward how greater volumes will make life better for secretaries and fee earners the potential outcomes if no changes are pursued Form a powerful guiding coalition Who will take charge? Who will make an open pledge to see it through? Who will guarantee the necessary resources? Who will sit in the core team steering the change? Who will ensure they collaborate effectively as one team? Will the coalition operate well across every area of the firm? JB, a partner, will head the project...

Practice Note: Applying under the Representative of an Overseas Business category Please see Practice Note: Applying under the Representative of an Overseas Business category, which sets out the eligibility criteria and process (including application form and fee details) for submitting an initial application or seeking an extension under the UK immigration route for Representatives of an Overseas Business. The note explains the eligibility criteria for Sole Representatives of an Overseas Business...

What is a DCFA? Most practitioners know the ‘pure’ CFA, commonly referred to as a ‘no win, no fee’ agreement. Working under a pure CFA, the lawyer or legal representative is remunerated only upon a win, as the CFA expressly defines it. If that outcome is not achieved, no fee is payable for the professional work undertaken on the matter. For additional detail, see the subtopic: CFAs and DBAs for further information. A DCFA is often described as a ‘no win, lower fee’ arrangement in contrast to the pure CFA. Under a DCFA, the client agrees to meet the lawyer’s fees in full on success; if the case fails, a reduced fee is payable to the representative. The role of success fees Success fees exist to ensure a solicitor’s portfolio of CFA-backed litigation can operate at nil net loss overall. Put differently, the success uplifts on winning matters are designed to meet the base costs that cannot be recovered on losing matters within that portfolio...