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In brief: If you provide legal services to an "organization" client in respect of a "financial transaction", you must verify the organization’s identity within 30 days. You must verify the instructing individual’s identity too. The 30-day leeway does not apply to the instructing individual (Rule 3-105(1)).
Rules - Timing - Law Society Rules 3-105 and 3-106
Rule - Record keeping and retention: Law Society Rule 3-107
Practice Resource - Client Identification and Verification - Top 10 tips
Practice Resource - Client Identification, Verification and Source of Money Checklist, includes sample agreement with agent
Practice Resource - Anti-Money Laundering Webinar 2024 at 1:56
Rule - 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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