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Welcome to our features section. Keep up to date with the latest topics and issues facing legal practitioners and consumers. From our top tips to the very latest regulatory developments and proposals, there’s something for everyone.

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Money Matters

22.02.19

All applicants for CILEx membership and existing members are required to declare any adverse conduct which may impact on their membership or registration; this is referred to as “prior conduct” and includes certain financial matters. This article explains why declarations of financial matters are important, the types of financial matters CILEx Regulation needs to know about, and its approach when considering such matters.

Law firm Insights

28.01.19

Vicky Purtill, Director of Authorisation & Supervision at CILEx Regulation, took part in the regulator's second law firm event on Saturday 26 January, which was held at the Grange Hotel in London. She summarises the Insights Programme highlights.
Mental health first aid and the law

25.01.19

Since the 1981 Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations were introduced, providing physical First Aid support has been a requirement for all workplaces. Since then, physical First Aid has become ingrained in our culture. But with recent Mind research suggesting that nearly half of us will experience a mental health issue in our current job, it’s easy to see why the public, employers and mental health campaigners are now calling for mental health first aid to be given equal legislative status in the workplace.
When criminals go phishing, don’t get hooked!

22.11.18

That strange email that lands in our inbox promising riches or the latest bit of gossip may be easy to spot. But what about the one from your bank or Internet Service Provider? It looks the same as you would expect... but is it?
Transgender recognition and the law

22.11.18

The government consultation on reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 recently finished. Kevin Mantle from the Government Equalities Office explains that while there was considerable media coverage about the review, there was also a lot of misinformation about the Act and what the government intends.
Reality versus the robot-lawyers

26.10.18

Eve Dullabh, Managing Director of the Law Training Centre in Kent, says that although Artificial Intelligence is changing the legal landscape and legal work, true human qualities mean a lawyer can defeat technology - for now, at least.

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