SRA Standards and Regulations

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SRA Code of Conduct for Firms

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Applicable standards in the SRA Code of Conduct for Solicitors, RELs, RFLs and RSLs

The following paragraphs in the SRA Code of Conduct for Solicitors, RELs, RFLs and RSLs apply to you in their entirety as though references to "you" were references to you as a firm: dispute resolution and proceedings before courts, tribunals and inquiries (2.1 to 2.7); referrals, introductions and separate businesses (5.1 to 5.3); and standards which apply when providing services to the...
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SRA Indemnity Fund Rules

Rule 10

Manner of indemnity

Such indemnity shall be provided, according to the decision of the SRA as set out in Rule 10.2, in any one or any combination of the following ways: by payment, in or towards satisfaction of the claim and/or claimant's costs and expenses, to or to the order of the claimant making the claim; by payment, in respect of the claim and/or claimant's costs and expenses and/or costs and expenses...
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SRA Indemnity Fund Rules

Rule 11

Source of indemnity

Any such indemnity shall be provided and any claim thereto shall lie and be made exclusively out of and against the Indemnity Fund. The SRA shall have no obligation to provide indemnity save to the extent that the same can be provided out of the Indemnity Fund. In no circumstances shall any claim to indemnity lie or be made against the SRA or the Society or the Council or the Legal Services...
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SRA Indemnity Fund Rules

Rule 6

Application of the Rules

These Rules shall apply to a practice carried on by: a sole solicitor; an REL practising as a sole practitioner; a recognised body; a partnership consisting of one or more solicitors and/or RELs and/or recognised bodies and/or licensed bodies; a partnership consisting of one or more solicitors and/or RELs, together with one or more RFLs; a partnership consisting of one or more RELs with or...
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SRA Indemnity Fund Rules

Rule 20

Decisions by the Society

The Society shall have power to treat any person as complying with any provision of these Rules for the purposes of the SA notwithstanding that the person has failed to comply with any provision of these Rules where such non-compliance is regarded by the Society in a particular case or cases as being insignificant.
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SRA Indemnity Fund Rules

Rule 18
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SRA Regulatory and Disciplinary Procedure Rules

Rule 8

Evidential and procedural matters

The SRA may vary the procedure set out in these rules where it considers that it is in the interests of justice, or in the overriding public interest, to do so. A decision under rule 3 may be made by agreement between the relevant person and the SRA. Before reaching a decision under rule 3, an authorised decision maker or adjudication panel may give directions for the fair and effective...
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SRA Regulatory and Disciplinary Procedure Rules

Rule 1

Assessing reports

The SRA shall assess any allegation which comes to, or is brought to, its attention in respect of a relevant person to decide if it should be considered under rule 3. A matter is an allegation in respect of a person for the purpose of these rules if it raises a question that the person: is a solicitor, an REL, RFL or RSL and has committed professional misconduct; has committed or is...
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SRA Overseas and Cross-border Practice Rules

Rule 1

Application

The Overseas Rules apply to you: as a regulated individual who is practising overseas, in place of the SRA Principles and the SRA Code of Conduct for Individuals; or as a responsible authorised body in that you must ensure that your overseas practice and the individual managers, members and owners that are involved in the day to day or strategic management of your overseas practice, comply...
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SRA Accounts Rules

Rule 13

Storage and retention of accounting records

You must store all accounting records securely and retain these for at least six years.