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Important: The FAQs below were written and published before the introduction of the SRA Handbook on 6 October 2011, and may refer to regulatory material that is no longer in effect. Although they may still be relevant, these FAQs have not yet been reviewed in light of the wide-ranging regulatory changes implemented on 6 October. They will be reviewed and updated (or archived) in due course.

I am due to leave the firm next week. Can I write to the clients after I have left to inform them of my new position?

Guidance note 47 to rule 7 of the Code of Conduct provides that it is not a question of conduct to write to clients once a solicitor has left a firm—provided he or she is not prevented from doing so in law.

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