FAQs about keeping of the roll

No, the deadline to apply to remain on the roll was 28 May 2023. As you did not apply, you will receive a notice telling you that you will be removed from the roll.

If you couldn’t apply due to exceptional circumstances, you can ask for a review. This must be done within 28 days of the notice being sent to you.

You name will be removed from the roll if no appeal is made or our decision is upheld following a review.

Following this, if you wish to be restored to the roll, you will need to apply to do this.

The deadline to apply to remain on the roll was 28 May 2023. As you did not submit your application you will receive a notice telling you that you will be removed from the roll.

If you couldn’t apply due to exceptional circumstances you can ask for a review. This must be done within 28 days of the notice being sent to you.

You name will be removed from the roll if no appeal is made or our decision is upheld following a review.

Following this, if you wish to be restored to the roll you will need to apply to do this.

We will contact solicitors who did not apply to tell them that they will be removed from the roll.

We have made every reasonable endeavour to contact all those impacted by the reintroduction of the keeping of the roll exercise.

We wrote to all those impacted either by email and/or letter using their last email or postal address in mySRA.

This was done on multiple occasions both before and during the application window. We also placed adverts in national and legal press and promoted the exercise on our website and social media channels.

You will remain on the roll until you receive a notice telling you that you will be removed and the 28 day appeal period ends.

If you are removed then you can apply to be restored to the roll

There are limited circumstances where we will not remove a solicitor from the roll.

You will only be removed if we are satisfied it is appropriate to do so.

If you are uncertain why you have not been removed please contact us.

There are a number of reasons why, even when we are sending them to a correct address, our emails may not be getting through to you.

For example, they may be getting blocked by your internet service provider or company firewall, or automatically rerouted to spam folders.

Please read our receiving emails from us guidance for the simple steps you can take to make sure emails we send to you are received.

Due to changes to laws on how personal data is handled and our need to make sure the data we hold is up to date.

These changes directly impact information held on the publicly accessible roll, some of this is also published on the Solicitors Register.

You can read more about this in the consultation we ran on reintroducing the keeping of the roll.

You can apply to restore your name to the roll of solicitors through your mySRA account. The fee is £20.

Find out how to be restored to the roll and complete the application.

If you are a former solicitor whose name has been struck off the roll you must apply to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT), to have your name restored to the roll.

An application must be made on the prescribed form which is available on the SDT's website.

You can apply to restore your name to the roll after the appeal period has ended through your mySRA account. The fee is £20.

Find out how to be restored to the roll and complete the application.

If you have been struck off, you must apply to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) to have your name restored to the roll.

An application must be made on the prescribed form which is available on the SDT website.