Conflicts guidelines—private client


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Conflicts guidelines—private client


Published by a ½Û×ÓÊÓƵ Practice Compliance expert

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Our Conflicts, confidentiality and disclosure policy sets out our general position on when we can act in conflict situations. We also issue guidelines for [each department OR different types of work]. These guidelines illustrate how our policy could apply in different situations, but they are not intended to be exhaustive or rigid. In each situation covered by the guidelines we must consider

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Confidentiality definition
What does Confidentiality mean?

Duty imposed in conduct whereby an individual and firm must keep clients' matters confidential.

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