SRA Standards and Regulations

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SRA Compensation Fund Rules 2021

Rule 15

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 Indemnity Fund Rules

Rule 6

Application of the Rules

These Rules shall apply to a practice carried on by: a sole solicitor; an REL practising as a sole practitioner; a recognised body; a partnership consisting of one or more solicitors and/or RELs and/or recognised bodies and/or licensed bodies; a partnership consisting of one or more solicitors and/or RELs, together with one or more RFLs; a licensed body in respect of its regulated activities.
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SRA Indemnity Fund Rules

Rule 19

Waivers

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SRA Indemnity Fund Rules

Rule 4

Establishment and maintenance of fund

The SRA shall maintain the Indemnity Fund in accordance with these Rules. The purpose of the Indemnity Fund is to provide indemnity against loss as mentioned in section 37 of the SA as extended by section 9 of the AJA, Schedule 4 paragraph 1(3) of the European Communities (Lawyer's Practice) Regulations 2000 and section 89 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 in the circumstances, to the...
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SRA Indemnity Fund Rules

Rule 7

Scope of indemnity

The following persons, namely: solicitors, former solicitors, RELs, persons formerly practising RELs, RFLs practising in partnership with solicitors or RELs, persons formerly practising as RFLs in partnership with solicitors or RELs, non - registered European lawyers practising in partnership with RELs, and persons formerly practising as non - registered European lawyers in partnership with...
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SRA Indemnity Fund Rules

Rule 20
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SRA Compensation Fund Rules 2021

Rule 4

Eligibility for a grant

A person is eligible to apply for a grant out of the Fund if, at the time the application is made, they are: an individual; a sole trader; partnership, body corporate, unincorporated association or mutual association with an annual turnover or assets of less than £2 million; a charity with annual income net of tax in the most recent financial year of less than £2 million; or a trustee of a...
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SRA Compensation Fund Rules 2021

Rule 6

Grants to defaulting practitioners

The SRA may make a grant to a defaulting practitioner who or which has suffered or is likely to suffer loss by reason of their liability to any client in direct consequence of an act or omission of: in the case of a defaulting solicitor, defaulting REL, defaulting RFL or defaulting RSL any of their employees or any fellow manager; in the case of a defaulting recognised body, any of its...
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SRA Compensation Fund Rules 2021

Rule 13

Foreign lawyers

The SRA shall not make a grant in respect of any act or omission of an REL, or the employee of an REL, where such act or omission took place outside the UK, unless the SRA is satisfied that the act or omission was, or was closely connected with, the act or omission of a solicitor or the employee of a solicitor, or that the act or omission was closely connected with the REL's practice in the...
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SRA Indemnity Insurance Rules

Rule 3

Adequate and appropriate insurance

Notwithstanding rule 2.1 above, an authorised body must take out and maintain professional indemnity insurance that provides adequate and appropriate cover in respect of current or past practice taking into account any alternative arrangements the body or its clients may make. An authorised body must ensure that its clients have the benefit of the indemnity insurance required under these rules...