SRA | Closed consultations | Solicitors Regulation Authority

Consultations that have closed are listed below. When they are available, summaries and analyses of responses and policy decision announcements are included. For details, please follow the links.

Closed consultations

Indicative guidance on financial penalties

This consultation seeks views on the SRA's proposed guidance on the level of fine to impose in disciplinary matters.

Start—25 January 2013
End—19 April 2013
Status—CLOSED, analysis of responses in progress

SRA Consultation on Handbook Amendments Relating to International Practice

This consultation sets out how the SRA intends to approach revisions to the SRA Handbook of regulatory provisions to take account of overseas and international practice.

Start—14 December 2012
End—14 March 2013
Status—CLOSED

Co-operation agreements

This consultation invites views on co-operation agreements where policy of entering into co-operation agreements, in appropriate cases, with witnesses to misconduct who may themselves have had some involvement in the wrongdoing

Start—31 October 2012
End—23 January 2013
Status—CLOSED, report on responses available

Red Tape Initiative: Removing unnecessary regulations and simplifying processes

This consultation seek views on our initial proposals to remove, curtail and simplify a number of processes and regulations that do not appear to benefit the public, and to ask where we can make further changes.

Start—14 December 2012
End—8 February 2013
Status—CLOSED, Report of responses available

The ban on referral fees in personal injury cases

This consultation invites views on our proposals for implementing the ban on referral fees in personal injury cases, which is set out in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) and is expected to come into effect in April 2013.

Start—23 October 2012
End—18 December 2012
Status—CLOSED, report on responses available