SRA Standards and Regulations

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SRA Roll, Registers and Publication Regulations

Regulation 1

The roll and registers

The SRA shall keep in electronic form: the roll; a register of all solicitors who hold practising certificates; the register of European lawyers; the register of foreign lawyers; the register of Swiss lawyers; and a register of authorised bodies.
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SRA Indemnity Fund (Enactment) Rules

Rule 1

Authority

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SRA Financial Services (Conduct of Business) Rules

Rule 18

Means of communication to clients

Rule 18 applies to all information required to be provided to a client in this Part. You must communicate information to the client on paper or using any of the following means: a durable medium other than paper where the following conditions are satisfied: the use of a durable medium other than paper is appropriate in the context of the business conducted between the firm and the client; and...
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SRA Overseas and Cross-border Practice Rules

Rule 4

Reporting, cooperation and accountability

You must cooperate with the SRA, other regulators, ombudsmen and those bodies in England and Wales, with a role overseeing and supervising the delivery of, or investigating in relation to, legal services. You must monitor compliance with these rules, and report any serious breach to the SRA when this occurs, or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter. You must notify the SRA promptly if:...
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SRA Roll, Registers and Publication Regulations

Regulation 2

Information in respect of individuals

The roll, and the registers in regulation 1.1(b) to (d) shall contain the following information in respect of each individual included in the same: their full name; their authorisation number; the date of their admission as a solicitor or commencement of their registration, as appropriate; in respect of solicitors that hold a current practising certificate, the fact that they do so and the...
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SRA Transparency Rules

Rule 2

Complaints 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, must publish on its website details of its complaints handling procedure including, details about how and when a complaint can be made to the Legal Ombudsman and to the SRA.
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SRA Transparency Rules

Rule 3

Publication

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, that does not have a website, must make the information set out in rules 1 to 2 available on request.
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SRA Regulatory and Disciplinary Procedure Rules

Rule 6

Applications to the tribunal

An authorised decision maker may decide to make an application to the Tribunal in respect of a firm or an individual under rule 3.1(g) only where they are satisfied that: there is a realistic prospect of the Tribunal making an order in respect of the allegation; and it is in the public interest to make the application. Where an authorised decision maker has made an application to the Tribunal,...
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SRA Roll, Registers and Publication Regulations

Regulation 5

Publication of information

The SRA shall publish all entries on the roll or registers, except for any address included under regulation 2.1(h). If the SRA considers that it would be in the public interest to do so, it may withhold from publication any or all of the information subject to publication under regulation 5.1. The SRA may publish such further information or classes of information as it may consider in the...
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SRA Authorisation of Firms Rules

Rule 12

Modification of terms and conditions

The SRA may at any time, extend, revoke or vary any terms or conditions on a body's authorisation, imposed in accordance with rule 3 or otherwise, either on the application of the authorised body or on the SRA's own initiative.