Roll of solicitors

Last updated 4 January 2012

Each year, we send an annual enquiry to all solicitors who do not hold a practising certificate, asking if they wish to keep their name on the roll of solicitors under the Solicitors Keeping of the Roll Regulations 2011.

In previous years, the KR1 annual enquiry has been sent out during March and April. We are changing the way we work, and introducing an online process.

We contacted you by letter in mid-August with details of how to register online. This letter included your unique activation code.

We will have contacted individuals who may wish to remain on the roll without renewing their PC in writing. The letter provides details of the anticipated timescales for the 2011 annual keeping of the roll exercise. We will be opening the system for notifications and fee payment on 2 April 2012. If you wish your name to remain on the roll you will need to have confirmed this through the system and made the relevant payment by 27 May 2012. For the latest information, please visit www.sra.org.uk/mysra. 

The fee for keeping your name on the roll remains unchanged at £20. If you have been on the roll for fifty years or more, you will be exempt from having to pay this fee.

We hold the names of all solicitors due to keep their name on the roll, but we may not have a current address recorded. It is important for the SRA to hold up-to-date contact details for you. If your details have changed, please log in to mySRA and update them.

If you know of someone who wishes to remain on the roll and may have changed their contact details, please ask them to contact us.

If we do not hear from you, it might be because you have changed your contact details without informing us. Regulation 3 of the Solicitors Keeping of the Roll Regulations 2011 requires us to send a letter to your last known address.

Who may stay on the roll?

Any solicitor who currently does not hold a practising certificate or an exemption from holding a practising certificate may stay on the roll.

The Solicitors Act 1974 requires practising solicitors to have a practising certificate. The SRA Handbook sets out what we regard as "practising".

Staying on the roll

Restoration to the roll

Removal from the roll

Please use www.sra.org.uk/kr1 to link to this page.