regulated financial services activities

means an activity which is specified in the Regulated Activities Order

FSMA

means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.

professional service

means, for the purposes of the SRA Financial Services (Scope) Rules, services provided by an authorised body in the course of its practice and which do not constitute carrying on a regulated financial services activity

client

means the person for whom you act and, where the context permits, includes prospective and former clients

in the SRA Financial Services (Scope) Rules, in relation to any regulated financial services activities carried on by an authorised body for a trust or the estate of a deceased person (including a controlled trust), means the trustees or personal representatives in their capacity as such and not any person who is a beneficiary under the trust or interested in the estate

FCA

means the Financial Conduct Authority