SRA Standards and Regulations
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SRA Regulatory and Disciplinary Procedure Rules
Costs
An authorised decision maker may require a person who is the subject of a decision under rule 3.1(a) to (f) to pay a charge in accordance with Schedule 1 to these rules. The authorised decision maker may decide to charge less than the amount that would be payable in accordance with Schedule 1 if they consider that it would be just in all the circumstances to do so. Any charge must be paid by...
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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...
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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...
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SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations
Vocational stage
Your eligibility to commence the Legal Practice Course will be determined according to the requirements, approved by the SRA, of the relevant authorised education provider. Subject to regulation 3A.2, to complete the vocational stage of training you must complete: the Legal Practice Course; a period of recognised training; and the Professional Skills Course.
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SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations
European Communities (Lawyer’s Practice) Regulations 2000
If you are an REL or you were an REL immediately before the end of IP completion day, you will be eligible for admission as a solicitor under Part V of the European Communities (Lawyer's Practice) Regulations 2000 to the extent that they continue to have effect in accordance with the Services of Lawyers and Lawyer's Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, if: you satisfy the...
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SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations
Application for admission
You may apply for admission in writing in the prescribed form. Following an application for admission, the SRA will issue you with a certificate of satisfaction if it is satisfied that you have met the eligibility requirements for admission as a solicitor set out in this Part. At any time before making an application for admission, you may apply to the SRA for an early assessment of your...
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SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations
Removal from and restoration to the roll
The SRA may remove your name from the roll if: following an enquiry made by the SRA under regulation 5.4: you tell the SRA that you do not wish to remain on the roll; you do not, within eight weeks from the date of the notice, reply to the SRA and pay the fee specified under regulation 5.5, or you apply to have your name removed from the roll. Where regulation 5.6(a)(ii) applies, the SRA must...
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SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations
Reserved legal activities
Subject to regulations 9.2, 9.3, 9.5 to 9.10 and 10.2(b), if you are a solicitor with a current practising certificate, or an REL, you are entitled to carry on all reserved legal activities except notarial activities. If you are an REL you may only exercise a right of audience before a court, conduct litigation or prepare court documents, in conjunction with a solicitor or barrister who is...
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SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations
Apprenticeships
To complete an apprenticeship for the purposes of regulation 3A.1(a)(i), you must meet the requirements set out in the assessment plan for the Apprenticeship Standard for a Solicitor (England) approved by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, or set out in the Apprenticeship Framework specified in the Level 7 Higher Apprenticeship in Legal Practice (Wales). This must include...
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