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How we recover our costs - Guidance

To help you understand our approach to recovering money due to us as a result of regulatory action and litigation.

Recovering costs and payments from third parties - Guidance

To help you understand when and how we recover costs and payments from third parties following an intervention.

The Prohibition of referral fees in LASPO 56 60 - Guidance

An overview of the approach we will adopt in determining whether a regulated person has paid or received a referral fee contrary to section 56 of LASPO.

Unregulated organisations Conflict and confidentiality - Guidance

To help you understand your obligations in relation to conflicts of interest and keeping clients’ information confidential.

If we are investigating you - Guidance

An oversight of how we investigate allegations of a breach of our Standards and Regulations.

Preparing to become a sole practitioner or an SRA-regulated freelance solicitor - Guidance

To help solicitors understand how to set up a business trading on their own account providing legal services to the public.

Access to and disclosure of an incapacitated person's will - Guidance

To clarify circumstances where a solicitor can disclose a copy of a client’s will to a property and financial affairs attorney.

Can my business be authorised? - Guidance

If your business needs to be authorised to provide legal services, or you have chosen to be authorised, this checklist provides a summary of the eligibility requirements.

The Insurance Act 2015 - Guidance

To help you understand changes to the minimum terms and conditions of solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance which came into force in August 2016.

Vocational training for trainee solicitors - Guidance

To help you understand the steps you need to take to complete the vocational part of training to become a solicitor.

Responsibilities of COLPs and COFAs - Guidance

To assist COLPs and COFAs in understanding their duties and responsibilities.

Reporting and notification obligations - Case studies

To be read in conjunction with our guidance on Reporting and notification obligations.

Complaints about solicitors working outside SRA-regulated firms - Case studies

These case studies examine some of the remedies available to those who wish to complain about solicitors working outside SRA – regulated firms.

Public trust and confidence - Guidance

To explain when you are likely to be found to have breached your obligation under Principle 2 to act in a way that upholds public trust and confidence.

Legal Disciplinary Practices - Guidance

To explain how existing LDPs with non-lawyer managers can remain as recognised bodies or elect to become licensed bodies.

Approval of employment under s41 and s43 of the Solicitors Act 1974 - Guidance

To explain how you can apply to us for our written permission to employ someone who has a control order or been suspended from practice.

Reporting duties under the SRA Overseas Rules - Guidance

To explain your duties to report matters to us under the SRA Overseas and Cross Border Practice Rules.

Reporting duties under the SRA Overseas Rules - Case studies

This case study should be read in conjunction with the guidance on reporting duties under the SRA overseas rules.

Reporting and notification obligations - Guidance

To help you understand your reporting and notification obligations to us.

Putting matters right when things go wrong, and own interest conflicts - Guidance

To outline certain key considerations for putting matters right when you identify that things have gone wrong through the fault of you or your firm.