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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 an organization’s behalf. 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.
Practice Resource - Anti-Money Laundering Webinar: See in particular 1:27:00.
Rules - Definitions of "client", “financial transaction", and “money”: Law Society Rule 3-98.
Rules - Exemptions to verification requirements: Law Society Rules 3-99 and 3-101.
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