Register of licensed bodies (ABS)

Personnel

Head of legal practice

Laurence Gavin (authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority)

Head of Finance and Administration

Andrew Merrick

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Reserved activities

The firm is licensed to undertake the following reserved legal activities:

• Rights of audience
• Conduct of litigation
• Reserved instrument activities
• Probate activities
• Administration of oaths

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Terms and conditions of the licence

The general conditions which apply to licensed bodies contained in Rule 8 of the SRA Authorisation Rules for Legal Services Bodies and Licensable Bodies as applicable.

Any obligation which may from time to time be imposed on [The Firm] or a manager, employee, or non-authorised interest-holder in [The Firm] by or under the SRA's licensing rules or by or under the LSA, or any other enactment.

[The Firm] may carry on exempt regulated activities under Part XX of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 provided that such activities arise out of or are complementary to the firm’s reserved legal activities or other legal activities.

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Waiver(s)

The information below is a summary of the waiver(s) granted.

1. Berkeley Law Limited has been granted a waiver from Rule 8.6(a)(ii) of the SRA Authorisation Rules for Legal Services Bodies and Licensable Bodies 2011 as it applies to the managers of one of the corporate owners; 

2. Berkeley Law Limited has been granted a waiver from Rule 8.5(b)(i) of the SRA Authorisation Rules for Legal Services Bodies and Licensable Bodies 2011 to allow Laurence Michael Gavin, who is not a manager or employee of Berkeley Law Limited, to be the designated Compliance Officer for Legal Practice (COLP) of Berkeley Law Limited.

   This waiver is subject to the following conditions:

   • i. Mr Gavin must at all times remain a manager and COLP in at least one other of the Irwin Mitchell group companies;
   • ii. Mr Gavin must remain as Company Secretary of Berkeley Law Limited;
   • iii. Berkeley Law Limited must continue to have its day-to-day compliance work carried out by the Risk & Compliance team for the Irwin Mitchell group of companies; and
   • iv. Berkeley Law Limited must continue to have Irwin Mitchell Holdings Limited as a parent undertaking.

   If any of the above conditions cease to be met, the waiver will be revoked with immediate effect

Licence

The firm's license ceased to have effect on 28 July 2016

Licence number : 523043

Granted on 4 November 2014

Effective from 5 November 2014

Registration details

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Registration details

Berkeley Law Limited

Riverside East
2 Millsands
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
S3 8DT
Company no. 07068865

Quoted company

Berkeley Law Limited is not a quoted company or a subsidiary of, or part owned by, a quoted company.