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What does Political donations mean?

Both Part 14 of the CA 2006 and the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums act 2000 (PPERA 2000) contain provisions which control political donations made by companies to political parties, to other political organisations and to independent election candidates, as well as political expenditure incurred by companies. A political donation is defined in PPERA 2000, ss 50–52 and includes, among other things, any gift of money or other property, and any sponsorship of a party, organisation or independent election candidate.

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Anti-bribery and corruption—monitoring and review—checklist

Anti-bribery and corruption—monitoring and review—checklist Under the Bribery Act 2010 (BA 2010), it is an offence for commercial organisations to fail to prevent bribery. This offence occurs when a person, ‘F’, associated with such an organisation, ‘G’, bribes another person with the intention to obtain or retain business, or an advantage in the conduct of business, for G. For further information on failure to prevent bribery and the penalties for bribery, see Practice Note: Failure to prevent bribery—the offence. It is a defence to a charge of failure to prevent bribery that a commercial organisation had adequate procedures in place to prevent it. The Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ’s) Guidance on The Bribery Act 2010 covers procedures that relevant commercial organisations can put into place to prevent persons associated with them from bribing. Principle 6 of the MoJ Guidance on The Bribery Act 2010, states ‘the commercial organisation monitors and reviews procedures designed to prevent bribery by persons associated with it and makes improvements where necessary’. This monitoring and review Checklist...

Anti-bribery and corruption—checklist

Anti-bribery and corruption—checklist This anti-bribery and corruption Checklist is designed to help you determine whether you have the systems in place to comply with the Bribery Act 2010 (BA 2010) and government guidance relating to anti-bribery and corruption. It should be read in conjunction with subtopics: • Anti-bribery and corruption—regulatory regime • Anti-bribery and corruption—Identifying & assessing risks • Anti-bribery and corruption—policy and procedures—law firms • Anti-bribery and corruption—gifts and hospitality • Anti-bribery and corruption—agents and intermediaries • Anti-bribery and corruption—joint ventures and acquisitions • Anti-bribery and corruption—charitable and political donations • Anti-bribery and corruption—staff training and awareness—law firms—overview • Anti-bribery and corruption—monitoring and review This Checklist signposts relevant Precedents you can use or adapt to comply with these requirements and recommendations. There is a box for you to mark whether you have completed each requirement and a section to insert comments or note action points. General Requirement Compulsory or recommended Comment/action ☐ Implement a public, clear and forthright code of ethics and/or anti-bribery and corruption policy...

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Lexcel practice management standard v6.1—Precedents content map

Lexcel practice management standard v6.1—Precedents content map Lexcel is the Law Society’s practice management standard. It is not compulsory, although Lexcel accreditation can be helpful for firms wishing to be accredited under the Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) or the Legal Services Board’s Specialist Quality Mark (SQM). This Practice Note identifies specific Precedents within Lexis+® UK you could use or adapt to comply with the requirements of Lexcel v6.1. 1. Structure and strategy For detailed requirements, see: Lexcel practice management standard version 6.1. Structure and strategic plans See Precedents: • Strategic business plan—consumer or Strategic business plan—commercial • Governance arrangements—short form or Governance arrangements—detailed—these are intended to dovetail with a governance structure chart, of which there are five different versions depending on your firm’s business model: ◦ Solo governance and supervision structure chart ◦ Sole practitioner governance and supervision structure chart ◦ Non-departmentalised partnership governance and supervision structure chart ◦ Departmentalised partnership governance and supervision structure chart ◦ Corporate structure governance and supervision structure chart Business continuity See Precedents:...

Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) practice management standards—Precedents content map

Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) practice management standards—Precedents content map The Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) is a quality standard for residential conveyancing practices. According to the Law Society, achievement of membership will establish a level of credibility for member firms with stakeholders (regulators, lenders, insurers and consumers). This Practice Note identifies specific Precedents within Lexis®PSL that you could use or adapt to comply with individual CQS requirements. 1. Structure and strategy For detailed requirements, see: CQS Core Practice Management Standards. Management structure See Precedents: • Financial management policy—law firms • Governance arrangements—short form or Governance arrangements—detailed, which are intended to dovetail with a governance structure chart: ◦ Solo governance and supervision structure chart ◦ Sole practitioner governance and supervision structure chart ◦ Non-departmentalised partnership governance and supervision structure chart ◦ Departmentalised partnership governance and supervision structure chart ◦ Corporate structure governance and supervision structure chart Business continuity See Precedents: • Business continuity plan—BCP • Business continuity plan—BCP—risk evaluation • Business continuity plan—BCP—priority list of functions and detailed risk...

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Anti-bribery and corruption—post-training assessment questions

Anti-bribery and corruption—post-training assessment questions How to use this test These questions are designed to test your understanding after your attendance at our training on avoiding bribery and corruption. After you have completed this test, please return it to [insert name]. General Name of person completing test [Insert name] Role [Insert role] Date [Insert date] Multiple choice questions Circle the correct answer. Question Multiple choice answers 1. How many offences does the Bribery Act 2010 contain? (a) Three(b) Four(c) Ten 2. What is the ‘bribing another person’ offence? (a) Trying to bribe an individual with the intention of influencing that individual in their capacity as a foreign public official(b) Asking for or accepting any form of an advantage from another party in return for knowingly doing, or getting someone else to do, something improperly(c) Offering or giving something to someone else in return for them doing something for you improperly 3. Would you be committing an offence if you were to accept a large sum of...

Anti-bribery and corruption—charitable and political donations policy

Anti-bribery and corruption—charitable and political donations policy 1 Introduction 1.1 We run our business[es] with integrity. All of us must work together to ensure our business[es] remain[s] untainted by bribery and corruption. This policy is integral to that effort and we are all bound by it. 1.2 [Insert organisation’s name] takes pride in its support of charities and good causes and is committed to conducting itself with the highest standards of probity in continuing to offer such support. 1.3 Bribery and corruption is, however, an area where perception can sometimes be more important than fact. Corrupt payments can be disguised as charitable and political donations. Regardless of whether a donation has been made with purely innocent motives, if an external observer could put an adverse construction on that donation, it puts the business, and the person receiving the donation, at risk. 1.4 This policy contains controls to minimise this risk but we rely on staff to exercise judgement about how any donation might be perceived,...

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