Accreditation schemes
On 28 January, the Law Society Council approved the transfer of the following voluntary accreditation schemes from the SRA to the Law Society:
- Children Panel Accreditation Scheme
- Civil and Commercial Mediation Accreditation Scheme
- Clinical Negligence Accreditation Scheme
- Criminal Litigation Accreditation Scheme
- Family Law Accreditation Scheme
- Family Law Accreditation Scheme Advanced
- Family Mediation Accreditation Scheme
- Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme
- Mental Health Review Tribunal Accreditation Scheme
- Personal Injury Accreditation Scheme
- Planning Law Accreditation Scheme
The following mandatory schemes remain with the SRA:
- Higher rights of audience
- Insolvency practitioners
- Police station representatives
The transfer was completed on 30 June 2009.
If you require any information on the Law Society-run schemes, visit www.lawsociety.org.uk/accreditation.
New SRA information reflecting the revised arrangements will be published here shortly.
Download forms and documents
- General
- Higher Courts Rights of Audience
- Insolvency Practitioners
- Police Station Representatives Accreditation Scheme
General
Higher Courts Rights of Audience (more information)
- Higher Rights of Audience: Guidance notes for solicitors who wish to apply for rights of audience in the higher courts (PDF 95K)
- Higher Rights of Audience: Introduction to gaining higher rights of audience (PDF 31K)
- Applications under the Higher Courts Qualification Regulations 2000: Frequently asked questions (PDF 77K)
- Higher Courts Qualification Regulations 2000: Approved course providers (PDF 31K)
- Higher Rights of Audience: Accreditation route civil questionnaire (PDF 36K)
- Higher Rights of Audience: Accreditation route criminal questionnaire (PDF 35K)
- Higher Courts Qualification Regulations 2000: Application for a certificate of eligibility under the accreditation route (PDF 22K)
- Higher Courts Qualification Regulations 2000: Application for the award of a Higher Courts Qualification under the development route (PDF 34K)
- Rights of Audience in the Higher Courts: Guidance on the role of mentor and the development of the portfolio (PDF 38K)
- Higher Rights of Audience: Development route suggested portfolio form (PDF 23K)
- Higher Courts Qualification Regulations 2000: Application for the award of higher courts qualification under the exemption route (PDF 27K)
- Higher Courts Qualification Regulations 2000: Application for the award of a Higher Courts Qualification for former barristers (PDF 35K)
Insolvency Practitioners (more information)
- Application for authorisation to act as an insolvency practitioner (PDF 51K)
- Procedures for authorisation to act as an insolvency practitioner (PDF 63K)
- Joint Insolvency Examination: Past Papers – Liquidations (November 2008) (PDF 50K)
- Joint Insolvency Examination: Past Papers – Administrations, Company Voluntary Arrangements and Receiverships (November 2008) (PDF 44K)
- Joint Insolvency Examination: Past Papers – Personal Insolvency (November 2008) (PDF 51K)
- Insolvency guidance paper: Bankruptcy – family homes (PDF 31K)
- Insolvency guidance paper: Control of cases (PDF 29K)
- Insolvency guidance paper: Succession planning (PDF 33K)
- Insolvency guidance paper: Systems for control of accounting and other business records (PDF 33K)
- Insolvency Joint Code of Ethics (PDF 176K)
- Insolvency code of ethics: Background and overview (PDF 80K)
- Index of statements of insolvency practice (PDF 66K)
- Statement of insolvency practice 1 (E&W) – An administrative receiver's responsibility for the company's records
- Statement of insolvency practice 2 (E&W) – A liquidator's investigation into the affairs of an insolvent company
- Statement of insolvency practice 3 (E&W) – Voluntary arrangements
- Statement of insolvency practice 4 (E&W) – Disqualification of directors
- Statement of insolvency practice 7 (E&W) – Preparation of insolvency office holders' receipts and payments accounts
- Statement of insolvency practice 8 (E&W) – Summoning and holding meetings of creditors convened pursuant to Section 98 of the Insolvency Act 1986
- Statement of insolvency practice 9 (E&W) – Remuneration of insolvency office holders
- Statement of insolvency practice 10 (E&W) – Proxy forms
- Statement of insolvency practice 11 (E&W) – The handling of funds in formal insolvency appointments
- Statement of insolvency practice 12 (E&W) – Records of meetings in formal insolvency proceedings
- Statement of insolvency practice 13 (E&W) – Acquisition of assets of insolvent companies by directors
- Statement of insolvency practice 14 (E&W) – A receiver's responsibility to preferential creditors
- Statement of insolvency practice 15 (E&W) – Reporting and providing information on their functions to committees in formal insolvencies
- Statement of insolvency practice 16 (E&W) – Pre-packaged sale in administrations