Course description
All employees of law firms authorised by the SRA need to understand their confidentiality and disclosure duties.
As the law firm’s manager, or the compliance officer for legal practice, it is your responsibility to ensure that the firm has appropriate risk management policies and procedures for dealing with these high-risk areas.
Tracey Calvert presents this succinct and informative webinar which surveys the wide range of issues where you should have a thorough understanding.
It will cover the SRA’s regulatory requirements; what the SRA expects of managers, COLPs and other employees; the confidentiality duties outlined by the SRA Standards and Regulations; and much more.
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Training Course Content
Introduction
Confidentiality and disclosure duties must be understood by all solicitors regardless of how they practice, and by all non-solicitor employees of law firms authorised by the SRA.
Law firm managers, and the firm’s COLP, will want to be satisfied that the firm has appropriate risk management policies and procedures to deal with these high-risk topics.
What You Will Learn
This webinar will cover the following:
- The importance of understanding the SRA’s regulatory requirements
- The SRA’s expectations of managers, the COLP, and all employees
- Confidentiality duties in the SRA Standards and Regulations
- Common misunderstandings and how these can be remedied
- Risk hot topics - e.g. hybrid working and portable working risks
- Disclosure standards in the SRA Standards and Regulations
- Information barriers - use and misuse
- Connection with data protection risk management
- Latest legal cases and disciplinary decisions
- Risk management techniques
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