SRA Standards and Regulations
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SRA Indemnity Rules 2012 (Archived)
Maintenance and termination of the fund
The fund shall continue to be held, managed and administered by Solicitors Indemnity Fund Limited for so long as and to the extent that the Society, in the light of the reports made to it by Solicitors Indemnity Fund Limited, may consider necessary or appropriate for the purpose of providing indemnity in respect of any claim(s) made or intimated during any indemnity period and/or during or...
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SRA Compensation Fund Rules 2021
Application and time limit
An applicant must make an application for a grant in the prescribed form, and within 12 months of the date they first became aware, or should reasonably have become aware, of the loss. The SRA may extend the 12 month period in rule 15.1 if satisfied that there are circumstances which justify the extension of the time limit. The applicant must provide information, documents and evidence...
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SRA Education, Training and Assessment Provider Regulations
Requirements for authorised training providers
An authorised training provider must: have in place a training principal for the whole duration of any period of recognised training, who meets the requirements of regulation 5 and whose identity has been notified to the SRA in the prescribed form; and pay the fees and expenses for each trainee's first attempt at the Professional Skills Course.
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SRA Assessment of Character and Suitability Rules
Criminal conduct
The SRA will consider criminal conduct when assessing your character and suitability, in accordance with Table 1 below, subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Order) 1975 and bearing in mind the public interest in supporting the rehabilitation of offenders. For the avoidance of doubt, Table 1 is a non-exhaustive list. Table...
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SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations
Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023
If you are a Swiss lawyer, you will be eligible for admission as a solicitor under Part 2 of The Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (as amended) if: you satisfy the requirements of those regulations; and the SRA is satisfied as to your character and suitability to be a solicitor.
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SRA Compensation Fund Rules 2021
Defaulting practitioners
A defaulting practitioner means: a solicitor, an REL or an RSL who at the date of the relevant act or omission was: practising in an authorised body; or practising in a non-commercial body; a solicitor or an REL who at the date of the relevant act or omission: was self-employed and practising in their own name, and not through a trading name or service company; did not employ anyone in...
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SRA SQE Assessment Regulations
Malpractice and improper conduct
In these Regulations the term 'malpractice' refers to any activity carried out by a candidate (whether or not done intentionally) which could result in either the candidate or a fellow candidate obtaining an unfair and/or undue advantage in connection with the SQE. "Improper conduct" refers to any disruptive activity carried out by a candidate before, during or after any assessment (whether...
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SRA Code of Conduct for Solicitors, RELs, RFLs and RSLs
Client information and publicity
You give clients information in a way they can understand. You ensure they are in a position to make informed decisions about the services they need, how their matter will be handled and the options available to them. You ensure that clients receive the best possible information about how their matter will be priced and, both at the time of engagement and when appropriate as their matter...
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SRA Transparency Rules
Costs information
An authorised body, or an individual practising in the circumstances set out in regulation 10.2(b)(i) to (vii) of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations, who publishes as part of its usual business the availability of any of the services set out at rule 1.3 to individuals or at rule 1.4 to businesses, must, in relation to those services, publish on its website cost information in...
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