Transfer regulations
Qualified Lawyers Transfer Regulations 1990
In order to transfer to the roll of solicitors of England and Wales, barristers who are qualified in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are required to
- pass selected heads (or subject areas) of the QLTT, and
- meet a two-year experience requirement (PDF 25K).
Applicants for a certificate of eligibility to take the QLTT are required to satisfy the SRA that they have gained two years of common law experience (PDF 25K) within the past five years; such experience
- must have been undertaken in three areas of common law, and
- must have covered contentious and non-contentious areas of practice.
When submitting an application to transfer, applicants should provide evidence of any experience they wish to have taken into account, by way of a letter from their pupil master, head of chambers or employer. Details of the dates of employment, together with the nature of duties undertaken and areas of law in which experience has been gained, should be included.
The following types of post-call experience or post-admission experience may be counted:
- Up to 12 months of pupillage certified as satisfactory by the pupil master or Bar Council
- Any period spent in practice at the Bar (ie tenancy or squatting)
- Any period spent in legal employment with
- the Crown Prosecution Service or the Magistrates' Court Service
- the Civil Service, local government, a public authority, commerce or industry (provided in a legal department headed by a solicitor or barrister qualified in England and Wales of at least five years standing)
- Experience gained overseas (if gained in a common law jurisdiction)
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Download the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Regulations 1990 (PDF 131K).