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SRA Handbook

Application of the SRA Principles in relation to practice from an office outside England and Wales

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4: Application of the SRA Principles in relation to practice from an office outside England and Wales

4.1

The Principles apply to you, in relation to practice from an office in Scotland or Northern Ireland if you are:

(a)

a solicitor or an REL practising as such, whether or not your firm or employer is subject to these Principles;

(b)

a lawyer-controlled body;

(c)

an REL-controlled body;

(d)

any other person who is a manager of an authorised body; or

(e)

a solicitor who was formerly an REL, when practising as a lawyer of an Establishment Directive profession.

4.2

The Principles apply to you in relation to practice from an office outside the UK if you are:

(a)

a solicitor practising as such, whether or not your firm or employer is subject to these Principles;

(b)

a lawyer-controlled body; or

(c)

any other person who is a manager of an authorised body.