Closed consultations

Consultations that have closed are listed below. When they are available, summaries and analyses of responses and policy decision announcements are included. For details, please follow the links.

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Business Plan and budget 2023-24

We are seeking views on our draft Business Plan and budget for 2023-24.

Start — 10 May 2023
End — 21 June 2023
Status — Closed

Read: Business Plan and budget 2023-24

Corporate Strategy 2023-26

We are seeking views on our draft Corporate Strategy for 2023-26.

Start — 10 May 2023
End — 2 August 2023
Status — Closed

Read: Corporate Strategy 2023-26

Protecting consumers from excessive charges in financial service claims

We are consulting on draft rules to protect consumers from excessive charges when they are represented by solicitors in claims relating to financial products and services.

Start — 31 March 2023
End — 19 July 2023
Status — Closed

Read: Protecting consumers from excessive charges in financial service claims

Solicitor Apprenticeship Standard

We are consulting on proposals to update the solicitor apprenticeship standard and would like to hear your views by 14 April 2023.

Start — 27 March 2023
End — 14 April 2023
Status — Closed

Read: Solicitor Apprenticeship Standard

Consumer protection for post six-year negligence

The SRA is consulting on arrangements and rules for an SRA-run indemnity scheme to provide consumer protection for post six year negligence.

Start — 6 October 2022
End — 3 January 2023
Status — Closed, analysis of responses published

Read: Consumer protection for post six-year negligence

Financial penalties: detail of new approach

This consultation is our second on our financial penalties framework. It includes proposed updated fining bands for firms and individuals and detailed proposals regarding the implementation of the fixed financial penalty scheme – which breaches we propose to include, the process we intend to follow, and the level of fines we are proposing to impose.

Start — 22 August 2022
End — 14 November 2022
Status — Closed, analysis of responses published

Read: Financial penalties: detail of new approach

Publication of Regulatory Decisions

We are seeking views on the principles surrounding publication of our regulatory decisions and our approach to doing so.

Start — 10 May 2022
End — 2 August 2022
Status — Closed, analysis of responses published

Read: Publication of Regulatory Decisions

SRA Standards and Regulations: minor amendments

We are asking for feedback from legal professionals on proposed minor amendments to the SRA Standards and Regulations introduced in 2019.

Start — 14 December 2022
End — 8 March 2023
Status — Closed

Read: SRA Standards and Regulations: minor amendments