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- In brief: You must verify an individual’s identity at the time that you provide legal services in respect of a "financial transaction", not after the transaction (Law Society Rule 3-105(1)). This includes an individual instructing you on behalf of a client "organization". Although there is a 30-day rule for verifying an organization’s identity, this leeway does not apply to the timing for verifying the instructing individual’s identity.
Rule - Timing of verification of individuals: Law Society Rule 3-105
Rule - Record keeping and retention: Law Society Rule 3-107
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Rules - Definitions of "client", “financial transaction", and “money”: Law Society Rule 3-98.
Rules - Exemptions to verification requirements: Law Society Rules 3-99(2)(a) and 3-101.
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