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SRA asks firms to bid for legal enforcement tender

20 October 2022

The SRA is looking to appoint a law firm/small panel of law firms to work in partnership to deliver legal services relating to disciplinary proceedings and other litigation and advice.

Firms will be invited to tender to provide some or all of these services:

• Prosecution and other forms of advocacy before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT).
• Dealing with appeals against decisions of the SDT.
• Dealing with regulatory appeals before the SDT and the High Court.
• Defending and pursuing other types of claims and applications on behalf of the SRA.
• Providing legal advice as may be required from time to time.

Successful firms must be committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, able to demonstrate experience and expertise in professional regulatory work and have the capability to provide the services to an excellent standard.

Applicants are also required to have a sound disciplinary and complaints history.

Those wanting to take part in the tender exercise should email tenders@sra.org.uk with relevant contact details by 5pm on Monday 7 November 2022.

Requests for further information or reasonable adjustments should also be sent to this email address.

On completion of a non-disclosure agreement we will then send the formal request for proposal document which includes details of the process.