Twenty-three nineteen

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The Child Detection Agency is that mythical swat team who get called in when the chips are really down. They are the only people you need, or who can help, if there is a “twenty-three nineteen” alert — you know, like when a salesperson receives a communication longer than one paragraph, that someone will have to read.

Likewise, the CDA is the one group in the firm who can help you with a question whose answer appears to require a modicum of legal analysis to answer, however central it may be to the day job of the person asking it.

For most of the bank, that’s you, legal eagles.

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• Twenty-three nineteen
• Legal eagles