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Does my employer need to be authorised by an approved regulator? - Guidance

A flow chart to assist solicitors, registered European lawyers and registered foreign lawyers in deciding whether their employer needs to be authorised under the Legal Services Act.

SRA Principle 2: public trust and confidence - Case studies

These case studies should be read in conjunction with the guidance on Principle 2 - public trust and confidence.

Drafting and preparation of wills - Guidance

To highlight areas of concern and the professional obligations of those responsible for the preparation and drafting of wills.

Parallel investigations - Guidance

To help you understand our approach towards investigating breaches of our regulatory requirements which relate to the same or similar underlying facts as concurrent civil, regulatory or criminal proceedings.

Bringing criminal proceedings - Guidance

Understand how and when we may bring criminal proceedings against those we regulate.

How we make decisions and the criteria we apply - Guidance

To help you understand the overarching principles that guide us when we make regulatory decisions and the criteria we apply.

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.

How we make our decision to authorise a firm - Guidance

For those applying to us to authorise their business as an SRA regulated recognised sole practice, recognised body or licensed body.

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.

How we gather evidence in our regulatory and disciplinary investigations - Guidance

Understand how we gather evidence, the investigatory powers we have to gather evidence and how we can use those powers.

How we approach decisions to intervene - Guidance

We explain how we approach the decision to intervene into a solicitor’s firm or practice.

Acting with honesty - Guidance

Understand how we approach the requirement to act with honesty found in Principle 4 and the test we apply when deciding if a person has acted dishonestly.

Agreeing regulatory and disciplinary outcomes - Guidance

To help you understand when we might agree to a regulatory and disciplinary outcome by way of a Regulatory Settlement Agreement.

Decision-making, reviews and attendance procedures - Guidance

To help you understand how we make a first instance decision and how we deal with an application for an internal review of that decision.

Admission as a solicitor - Guidance

To help you understand the requirements for admission as a solicitor.

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.

Compliance with the money laundering regulations – firm risk assessment - Warning notice

This Warning Notice reminds you of your legal obligations to make sure that you do not facilitate money laundering or terrorist financing and understand your obligations under the money laundering regulations.

Publishing regulatory and disciplinary decisions - Guidance

Understand the approach we take when deciding whether to publish regulatory and disciplinary decisions on our website.