SRA Standards and Regulations

Decisions to disqualify a person

An authorised decision maker may decide to disqualify a person under rule 3.1(c) only where they are satisfied that it is undesirable for the person to engage in the relevant activity or activities.

Other business requirements

You must not be a manager, employee, member or interest holder of a business that: has a name which includes the word "solicitors"; or describes its work in a way that suggests it is a solicitors' firm; unless it is an authorised body. If you are a solicitor who holds a practising certificate, an REL, RFL or RSL, you must complete and deliver to the SRA an annual return in the prescribed form....

Eligibility for admission

You will be eligible for admission as a solicitor if the SRA is satisfied: you have successfully and satisfactorily passed an assessment which is designed to assess your competence against the prescribed competences for solicitors and is conducted by an assessment organisation appointed by the SRA for the purpose; you hold a degree or qualifications or experience which the SRA is satisfied are...

Eligibility requirements

You will be eligible for admission as a solicitor if the SRA is satisfied: you have successfully and satisfactorily completed: an apprenticeship leading to qualification as a solicitor; or the academic stage of training and the vocational stage of training; and as to your character and suitability to be a solicitor. The SRA may decide that it is satisfied that you have completed all or any...

Recognised training

In order to satisfactorily complete your period of recognised training, you must maintain a record of training which: contains details of the work you have performed; records how you have applied and developed the skills, as set out in the Practice Skills Standards; records your reflections on, and your training principal's appraisal of, your performance and development against, and your...

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Transitional provisions

Any approval, authorisation or recognition granted under the Monitoring of Courses Regulations 1991, the SRA Training Regulations 2011, the SRA Higher Rights of Audience Regulations 2011 or the SRA Training Regulations 2014 - Qualification and Provider Regulations, will continue as if granted under these regulations. A period of recognised training entered into before these regulations come...

Identifying beneficial entitlements

The SRA will create a reconciled list or a best list in respect of statutory trust monies held, using the information which it has available. In creating a reconciled list or a best list, any sums of money which are identified within a statutory trust account as being payments on account of fees or unpaid disbursements, or which are equivalent to the costs incurred in a matter to which the...

Assessment

When considering your character and suitability, the SRA will take into account the overriding need to: protect the public and the public interest; and maintain public trust and confidence in the solicitors' profession and in legal services provided by authorised persons. In doing so, the SRA will take into account the nature of your role, and your individual circumstances, on a case by case...

Aggravating and mitigating factors

Table 3 sets out a non-exhaustive list of the types of aggravating and mitigating factors the SRA will take into account where you have disclosed, or it has received, information which raises a question as to your character and suitability. Table 3: Aggravating and mitigating factors Aggravating Factors Mitigating Factors No evidence of successful rehabilitation. No evidence of steps taken to...