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Working party chair comments on Ouseley report
14 August 2008
Anesta Weekes QC, chair of the working party on the impact of SRA decisions on BME solicitors, comments on Lord Ouseley's report
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Trainee minimum salary levels for 2008/09
9 July 2008
As of 1 August 2008, the minimum salary for trainee solicitors working in Central London is £18,420 pa. For trainees working elsewhere in England and Wales, it is £16,500 pa.
Regulators set sights on consumers
11 June 2008
Consumers were on the agenda at a roundtable discussion co-hosted late last year by the SRA and the National Consumer Council.
Equality and diversity data collection
25 June 2008
So that we can analyse and evaluate our regulatory activities and decision making, we will soon ask you to supply us with up-to-date equality and diversity information.Inside information: FSA issues principles
5 June 2008
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published "Principles of Good Practice for the Handling of Inside Information" for unregulated organisations.
Statement by chair of working party on impact of SRA decisions on BME solicitors
13 March 2008
Read a statement issued by Anesta Weekes QC, independent chair of a working party established to examine disproportionate representation of black and minority ethnic solicitors in regulatory decisions.Read more Statement by chair of working party on impact of SRA decisions on BME solicitors
Letterhead statement changes—grace period over
11 January 2008
Firms' letterhead, fax headings and websites should now say "regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority"—rather than "regulated by the Law Society".
Higher Courts Qualification Regulations 2000
7 December 2007
The accreditation and exemption routes to higher rights qualifications will remain available throughout 2008.Consumers think solicitors are under-regulated
4 December 2007
Consumers think solicitors are not properly regulated and don't know where to turn when things go wrong, according to research conducted for the SRA.
HIPs included in Code of Conduct
10 August 2007
We have amended rule 18 of the Solicitors' Code of Conduct to take account of the introduction of home information packs (HIPs) on 1 August 2007.SRA deals firmly with double-charging lawyers
25 April 2007
The SRA supports Lord Lofthouse's condemnation of those solicitors who made deductions from the compensation awarded to sick miners.
'Day one outcomes' refined
19 April 2007
Download a recast, simplified version of the proposed 'day one outcomes' expected of a solicitor on qualification.
SRA charts way forward for legal education
15 February 2007
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has published a document outlining its current strategic thinking on the future of the solicitors' profession.New solicitors' code signed off
14 February 2007
A new Solicitors' Code of Conduct has been finalised for submission to the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and the Master of the Rolls.