Legal Services Act - consultation, feedback

We welcome consultation responses from anyone interested in the provision and regulation of legal services, including consumers.

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For information about consultation activity after April 2010, please visit Freedom in practice.

Closed consultations

We have consulted on many aspects of regulatory change required by the Legal Services Act.

• Consultation paper 1: Character and suitability test for LDP non-lawyer managers – ended 31 March 2008
• Consultation paper 2: Changes to the Framework of Practice rules (PDF 526K) – ended 21 April 2008
• Consultation paper 3: Miscellaneous amendments to the Code of Conduct (PDF 192K) – ended 21 April 2008
• Consultation paper 4: Changes to the Solicitors' Accounts Rules 1998 (PDF 299K) – ended 21 April 2008
• Consultation paper 5: Changes to the Recognised Bodies Regulations (PDF 350K) – ended 21 April 2008
• Consultation paper 6: Client financial protection – ended 23 April 2008
• Consultation paper 7: Information requirements from firms in the context of a risk-based approach to regulation – ended 30 April 2008
• Consultation paper 8: Changes in regulatory processes for firms and individuals – ended 30 April 2008
• Consultation paper 9: Draft SRA Practising Regulations 2009 – ended 9 June
• Consultation paper 10: Compensation fund – ended 6 June (Responses to Question 2 were accepted until 18 July.)
• Consultation paper 11: Changes to the SRA's rules and regulations – further amendments reflecting the re-write of section 9A of the Administration of Justice Act and to correct errors and omissions – ended 10 November 2008
• Consultation paper 12: Firm-based regulation – fee-raising policy for 2009 – ended 8 December 2008
• Consultation paper 13: Draft SRA (Cost of Investigations) Regulations – powers to charge for costs of investigations – ended 24 December 2008
• Consultation paper 14: New disciplinary powers – public rebukes and fines – ended 23 February 2009
• Consultation paper 15: Regulatory-risk information requirements in 2009 – ended 31 March 2009
• Consultation paper 16: Better regulation – A new approach to regulating legal services firms and solicitors – ended 31 March 2009
• Consultation paper 17: Fees and contributions for registered foreign lawyers – ended 16 April 2009
• Consultation paper 18: Regulating alternative business structures – ended 31 August 2009
• Consultation paper 19: Moving toward a fairer fee policy – ended 28 September 2009
• Consultation paper 20: Repeal of Solicitors' (Non-Contentious Business) Remuneration Order 1994 – ended 16 October 2009
• Consultation paper 21: Moving toward a fairer fee policy – Second consultation – ended 22 January 2010
• Consultation paper 22: Moving toward a fairer fee policy – ended 16 April 2010.

To find out more about any of our consultations, please visit www.sra.org.uk/consultations or subscribe to SRA consultation alerts.

Consultation feedback, reports and recommendations

• Changes to rules and regulations to enable LDPs and implement other changes made by the Legal Services Act – Overview paper (DOC 202K)
  • Annex 1 – Design principles (DOC 29K)
  • Annex 2 – Equality impact assessment (DOC 47K)

• Legal Services Act 2007 – Character and suitability test for non-lawyer managers of an LDP (DOC 254K)
  • Update for Annex A (DOC 131K)

• Legal Services Act 2007 – Character and suitability of other authorised person managers in an SRA-regulated LDP (DOC 171K)

• Legal Services Act 2007 – Amendments to the Solicitors' Code of Conduct 2007 – Report of the Firm-Based Regulation Group (DOC 269K)

• Legal Services Act 2007 – Proposed changes to the Solicitors' Accounts Rules 1998 (DOC 1.7M)

• Legal Services Act 2007 – Draft SRA Recognised Bodies Regulations 2009 – Report of the Firm Based Regulation Group (DOC 212K)

• Legal Services Act: New forms of practice and regulation – Client financial protection – Report on consultation paper 6 (DOC 271K)
  • Supplemental report (DOC 164K)
  • Annex 1 – Consultation paper (DOC 77K)
  • Annex 2 – List of respondents (DOC 38K)

• Consultation feedback on information gathering for risk-assessment (PDF 119K)

• Legal Services Act 2007 – Draft SRA Practising Regulations [2009] – Report of the Firm Based Regulation Group (DOC 244K)
  • Supplemental paper 1 – Further responses (DOC 179K)

• Legal Services Act 2007 – Proposed amendments to the Solicitors' Financial Services (Scope) Rules 2001

• Report on responses to consultation paper 18: regulating alternative business structures (PDF 51 pages, 495K)

• Report on responses to consultation paper 19: moving toward a fairer fee policy (PDF 16 pages, 95K)

To find out more about any of our consultations, please visit sra.org.uk/consultations or subscribe to SRA consultation alerts.

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