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Effective supervision - Guidance

Guidance for solicitors and firms the SRA regulates that supervise individuals delivering legal services. This includes services delivered by individuals who are not authorised by us.

Immigration work - Guidance

Under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (IAA) you must be a 'qualified' person to provide immigration and asylum advice and services to the public in England and Wales - explained in this detailed guidance.

Convictions arising from matters of principle or social conscience - Guidance

To explain your obligations when you as a legal practitioner are convicted in relation to matters of principle or social conscience.

Sexual Misconduct - Guidance

Guidance about sexual misconduct allegations for those we regulate and complainants considering reporting allegations of sexual misconduct to us.

Professional duties during action taken by the Criminal Bar Association - Guidance

What our Standards and Regulations require when acting for clients who may be affected by industrial action taken by the Criminal Bar Association (CBA).

Undertakings given by, or on behalf of, incorporated practices - Guidance

To explain your obligations when undertakings are provided by, or on behalf of, incorporated practices.

Advising on leasehold provisions including ground rent clauses - Guidance

To help you understand what our Standards and Regulations require when acting for clients who are buying leasehold properties and to avoid possible breaches of our requirements.

Solicitors undertaking regulated financial services activities relating to pre-paid funeral plans - Guidance

Clarifies the position of SRA-authorised firms following the introduction of new regulatory requirements relating to pre-paid funeral plans.

Accepting instructions from vulnerable clients or third parties acting on their behalf

To highlight issues to consider before receiving and accepting instructions from vulnerable clients or third parties acting on their behalf.

Separate Business - Guidance

Guidance to explain your obligations when you are linked with a separate business.  

Conduct in disputes - Guidance

This guidance is to help you understand your obligations and how to comply with them. We will have regard to it when exercising our regulatory functions.

Administering oaths or statutory declarations outside your normal practice

Concerns have been raised about the restrictions that are placed on solicitors and registered European lawyers (RELs) who normally practise through an SRA authorised body, an authorised non-SRA firm (together described below as an authorised firm) or any other business and want to be able to administer oaths or statutory declarations outside their normal practice.

How we regulate non-authorised persons - Guidance

How we will regulate you if you are not authorised by us directly but where you are involved in a firm we regulate or work for, or are supervised, by a solicitor.

Solicitors and Compliance Officers for Legal Practice (COLPs) confirming qualifying work experience

Understand your obligations around confirming qualifying work experience (QWE) and how to comply with them. We may have regard to it when exercising our regulatory functions.

Meeting our standards for good qualifying work experience

Understand how your firm can meet our expected standard when offering qualifying work experience (QWE).

Transparency in price and service - Guidance

To help you understand your obligations under our Transparency Rules.

How we deal with money when we intervene (Statutory Trusts) - Guidance

To help you understand how we deal with money when we intervene into a firm.

European Lawyers practising in the UK - Guidance

How to practise in the UK as a European lawyer.

Registered Foreign Lawyers - Guidance

To enable foreign lawyers to understand when they need to become an RFL, who can become one and the obligations they have.

Approval of role holders - Guidance

How we approve persons to be managers, owners or compliance officers of firms we regulate.