SRA Standards and Regulations
Showing 314 results
Found in
SRA Financial Services (Conduct of Business) Rules
Treating complaints fairly
Notwithstanding your complaints handling obligations in the SRA Code of Conduct for Firms, you must have in place and operate appropriate and effective procedures for registering and responding to complaints from a person who is not a client.
Found in
SRA Financial Services (Conduct of Business) Rules
Fee disclosure: additional requirements
Where a fee is payable, you must inform the client of the amount of the fee before the client incurs liability to pay the fee, or before conclusion of the contract of insurance, whichever is earlier. To the extent that it is not possible for the amount in rule 17.1 to be given, you must give the client the basis for its calculation. This rule applies to all such fees that may be charged during...
Found in
SRA Financial Services (Conduct of Business) Rules
Exclusions for large risks
Only rules 9, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20 and 22 apply where you carry on insurance distribution activities for commercial clients in relation to contracts of insurance covering risks within the following categories: railway rolling stock, aircraft, ships (sea, lake, river and canal vessels), goods in transit, aircraft liability and liability of ships (sea, lake, river and canal vessels); credit and...
Found in
SRA Indemnity Insurance Rules
SRA Minimum Terms and Conditions of Professional Indemnity Insurance
1. Scope of cover Civil liability Subject to the limits in clause 2, the insurance must indemnify each insured against civil liability to the extent that it arises from private legal practice in connection with the insured firm's practice, (including its prior practice and (unless run-off cover is provided in accordance with clause 5.3) any successor practice) provided that a claim in respect...
Found in
SRA Regulatory and Disciplinary Procedure Rules
Assessing reports
The SRA shall assess any allegation which comes to, or is brought to, its attention in respect of a relevant person to decide if it should be considered under rule 3. A matter is an allegation in respect of a person for the purpose of these rules if it raises a question that the person: is a solicitor, an REL, RFL or RSL and has committed professional misconduct; has committed or is...
Found in
SRA Regulatory and Disciplinary Procedure Rules
Evidential and procedural matters
The SRA may vary the procedure set out in these rules where it considers that it is in the interests of justice, or in the overriding public interest, to do so. A decision under rule 3 may be made by agreement between the relevant person and the SRA. Before reaching a decision under rule 3, an authorised decision maker or adjudication panel may give directions for the fair and effective...
Found in
SRA Regulatory and Disciplinary Procedure Rules
Fixed financial penalties
Where the SRA has evidence that a relevant person has committed one or more of the breaches listed in rule 11.2, it may notify them and will: set out the allegation and the facts in support, accompanied by any evidence or documentation that the SRA considers to be relevant to the allegation; require the relevant person to remedy any specified breaches and provide evidence of the action taken...
Found in
SRA Indemnity Insurance Rules
Responsibility
Each authorised body, and any principal of such a body, must ensure that the authorised body complies with these rules. Each authorised body that has been unable to obtain a policy of qualifying insurance prior to the expiration of the extended policy period, and any principal of such a body, must ensure that the authorised body, and each principal or employee of the body, undertakes no...
Found in
SRA Overseas and Cross-border Practice Rules
Cross-border Practice Rules
This Part applies to European cross-border practice from any office by: solicitors; managers of authorised bodies who are not authorised by an approved regulator (other than the SRA) under the LSA; and authorised bodies. These rules apply to European cross-border practice from an office in England and Wales by: RELs; RFLs who are managers or employees of an authorised body; and RSLs who are...
Found in