SRA Standards and Regulations
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SRA Indemnity Fund (Enactment) Rules
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SRA Education, Training and Assessment Provider Regulations
Monitoring and inspection
In order to protect and promote the standards of legal education and training, the SRA may: monitor the relevant programmes of study provided by an approved education provider and an authorised education provider, the training provided by an authorised training provider or the assessments provided by an assessment provider approved under regulation 6; visit the provider's premises, at such...
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SRA Education, Training and Assessment Provider Regulations
Requirements for recognised training
A period of recognised training must: unless regulation 4.2 applies, be of a duration of a total of at least two years full time, or equivalent; ensure that the trainee has applied and developed the skills as set out in the Practice Skills Standards; be appropriately supervised by solicitors and other individuals who have adequate legal knowledge and experience in the practice area they are...
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SRA Education, Training and Assessment Provider Regulations
Higher rights of audience assessment providers
Only an organisation appointed by the SRA may provide assessments in higher courts civil advocacy and higher courts criminal advocacy conferring a higher courts advocacy qualification. The appointment assessment provider must pay to the SRA such fee as may be prescribed for each condidate undertaking the higher courts advocacy qualification. From 1 October 2025, only the appointed assessment...
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SRA Education, Training and Assessment Provider Regulations
Education providers
Only an approved education provider may provide and assess: a Qualifying Law Degree; a CPE; an Exempting Law Degree; or an Integrated Course. Only an authorised education provider may provide and assess the Legal Practice Course or the Professional Skills Course. An organisation may apply to the SRA in such manner as may be prescribed to be an approved education provider or an authorised...
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SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations
Immigration work
Subject to regulation 9.7, if you are a solicitor, an REL, RFL or RSL you may undertake immigration work, provided that such work is undertaken: through an authorised body; through an authorised non-SRA firm that is a qualified person under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; as an employee, for your employer or work colleagues; or through a non-commercial advice service which is registered...
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SRA Indemnity Fund Rules
Definitions and interpretation
The SRA Glossary shall apply and unless the context otherwise requires: all italicised terms shall be defined in accordance with the Glossary; terms shall be interpreted in accordance with the Glossary; a reference to a Rule is to a Rule forming part of these Rules, except in relation to Schedule 1 where a reference to a rule is to a rule in the Solicitors' Indemnity Rules 1999; the Schedule...
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SRA Indemnity Fund Rules
Maximum liability of the Indemnity Fund
The liability of the Indemnity Fund as stated in Rule 8.1(c) shall in no event exceed in respect of each such claim the indemnity limit for the relevant indemnity period. All claims arising from the same act or omission (whether or not made or intimated or arising out of circumstances notified during the same indemnity period and whether or not involving the same or any number of different...
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SRA Indemnity Fund Rules
Powers of the SRA
The SRA shall hold, and have full power to manage and administer, the Indemnity Fund, subject only to: such directions, conditions and/or requirements as the SRA may from time to time issue to or impose upon it expressly pursuant to this provision, and/or such further detailed arrangements as the SRA may from time to time agree with it. Without limiting the generality of Rule 17.1, the...
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