Professions approved by the SRA for RFL status
[updated 21 July 2011]
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is satisfied that the professions listed below are so regulated as to make it appropriate for members of those professions to be managers of recognised bodies, in accordance with Schedule 14 paragraph 2(2) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.
The SRA will consider whether other professions should be added to this list as and when requested to do so.
| Jurisdiction |
Profession |
| l. United Kingdom |
| Northern Ireland |
solicitor barrister |
| Scotland |
solicitor advocate |
| 2. European Union |
| Austria |
Rechtsanwalt Notar |
| Belgium |
avocat/advocaat/Rechtsanwalt notaire/notaris/Notar |
| Cyprus |
dikegóros |
| Czech Republic |
advokát |
| Denmark |
advokat |
| Finland |
asianajaja/advokat |
| France |
avocat notaire |
| Germany |
Rechtsanwalt Notar Steuerberater |
| Greece |
dikegóros simvolaiografos (notary) |
| Hungary |
ügyvéd |
| Ireland |
solicitor barrister |
| Italy |
avvocato notaio |
| Luxembourg |
avocat/Rechtsanwalt notaire |
| Malta |
avukat prokuratur legali notary |
| Netherlands |
advocaat notaris |
| Poland |
adwokat radca prawny |
| Portugal |
advogado |
| Romania |
avocat |
| Slovakia |
advokát/advokátka |
| Spain |
abogado/advocat/abokatu/avogado notario |
| Sweden |
advokat |
| 3. European Economic Area |
| Norway |
advokat |
| 4. United States of America |
| All states |
attorney-at-law |
| District of Columbia |
attorney-at-law |
| 5. Commonwealth |
| Anguilla |
solicitor barrister |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
solicitor barrister attorney-at-law |
| Australia :- |
|
| Australian Capital Territory |
barrister and/or solicitor |
| New South Wales |
solicitor barrister |
| Northern Territory |
legal practitioner/barrister and solicitor |
| Queensland |
solicitor barrister |
| South Australia |
barrister, attorney, solicitor and proctor |
| Tasmania |
solicitor barrister |
| Victoria |
barrister and solicitor |
| Western Australia |
barrister and solicitor |
| The Bahamas |
counsel and attorney |
| Bangladesh |
advocate |
| Barbados |
attorney-at-law |
| Belize |
attorney-at-law |
| Bermuda |
barrister and attorney |
| Botswana |
attorney advocate |
| British Virgin Islands |
solicitor barrister |
| Brunei Darussalam |
advocate and solicitor |
| Canada :- |
|
| Alberta |
barrister and solicitor |
| British Columbia |
barrister and solicitor |
| Manitoba |
barrister and solicitor |
| New Brunswick |
barrister and solicitor |
| Newfoundland |
solicitor barrister |
| Northwest Territories |
barrister and solicitor |
| Nova Scotia |
barrister |
| Ontario |
barrister and solicitor |
| Prince Edward Island |
barrister and solicitor |
| Quebec |
avocat notaire |
| Saskatchewan |
barrister and solicitor |
| Yukon |
barrister and solicitor |
| Cayman Islands |
attorney-at-law |
| Dominica |
solicitor barrister |
| Falkland Islands |
legal practitioner |
| The Gambia |
solicitor barrister |
| Ghana |
lawyer |
| Gibraltar |
solicitor barrister |
| Grenada |
solicitor barrister |
| Guernsey |
advocate |
| Guyana |
attorney-at-law |
| India |
advocate |
| Isle of Man |
advocate |
| Jamaica |
attorney-at-law |
| Jersey |
solicitor advocate |
| Kenya |
advocate |
| Kiribati |
lawyer |
| Lesotho |
attorney advocate |
| Malawi |
legal practitioner |
| Malaysia |
advocate and solicitor |
| Mauritius |
attorney barrister notary |
| Montserrat |
solicitor barrister |
| Namibia |
attorney |
| Nauru |
barrister and solicitor |
| New Zealand |
barrister and solicitor |
| Nigeria |
legal practitioner/barrister and solicitor |
| Pakistan |
advocate |
| Azad Kashmir |
advocate |
| Papua New Guinea |
lawyer |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
solicitor barrister |
| Saint Lucia |
solicitor barrister |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
solicitor barrister |
| Seychelles |
attorney barrister notary |
| Sierra Leone |
barrister and solicitor |
| Singapore |
advocate and solicitor |
| Solomon Islands |
legal practitioner |
| South Africa |
attorney advocate |
| Sri Lanka |
attorney-at-law |
| Swaziland |
attorney advocate |
| Tanzania |
advocate |
| Tonga |
law practitioner |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
attorney-at-law |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
attorney |
| Uganda |
advocate |
| Vanuatu |
legal practitioner |
| Western Samoa |
barrister and/or solicitor |
| Zambia |
advocate/legal practitioner |
| 6. Other |
| Algeria |
avocat |
| Brazil |
advogado |
| China :- |
|
| Hong Kong |
solicitor barrister |
| Colombia |
abogado |
| Egypt |
avocat/mohamy |
| Iran |
lawyer/attorney-at-law |
| Israel |
advocate |
| Japan |
bengoshi |
| Jordan |
advocate/mohamy |
| Lebanon |
avocat/mohamy |
| Panama |
abogado |
| Russia |
advokat |
| Switzerland |
Rechtsanwalt/Anwalt/Fürsprecher/ Fürsprech/avocat/avvocato/advokat |
| Thailand |
lawyer |
| Turkey |
avukat |
| Zimbabwe |
legal practitioner |