Glossary of terms
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If a solicitor, REL or RFL is employed by, or is a manager in, more than one firm or organisation, the main office of one will be treated as the "billing address", and this office will pay the fee.
The Establishment of Lawyers Directive 98/5/EC
"Gross fees" are all fees received from practise as a solicitor, without deduction, except for disbursement which would be allowed on taxation of costs.
"Gross income" is all payments and other benefits received from practise as a solicitor, REL of RFL under a contract of employment or a contract for services, before deduction of tax, national insurance or any other statutory deduction.
The "head office" is the office we have in our records as the main address for your firm or organisation.
"Home jurisdiction" means any state other than the United Kingdom which is subject to the Establishment of Lawyers Directive 98/5/EC in which the applicant is authorised to practise under the title, or any of the titles, of that jurisdiction, and by virtue of which the applicant is registered, or has applied to be registered, with the SRA as a European lawyer.
"Home bar authority" means the proper authority, or any of them, in the applicant's home jurisdiction by which he/she is authorised to practise under a title of that jurisdiction.
You may select up to six languages to be displayed in our directory. They should be listed on the form in order of importanceusing our language codes.
Main practising address
"Main practising address" is a solicitor's, REL's or RFL's normal place of work within the firm or organisation.
Manager
A manager of a firm is a
- partner in a partnership
- member of an LLP
- director of a company
See Rule 24.
"Other office" is any office of your firm other than the head office.
Recognised body
See Rule 24.
A solicitor or REL authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority under section 1B of the Solicitors Act 1974 to practise as a sole practitioner.
See Rule 24.
See Rule 24.
"Status" is an individual's status in a firm or organisation. Examples of status in private practice include
- sole principal
- partner
- assistant
- associate
- consultant
- professional support lawyer
- director (in a recognised body company)
- member (in a recognised body LLP or a company)
- shareowner (in a recognised body company)
An example of status in a commercial (or other type of) organisation not in private practice includes "employee".
Examples of "type of organisation" include
- law practice,
- limited liability partnership (LLP),
- commerce and industry,
- foreign law practice,
- partnership and add multinational partnership (MNP).
You may select up to six "work categories" to be displayed in our directory. They should be listed on the form in order of importanceusing our work category codes.