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SRA Transparency Rules: Web sweep report

The SRA Transparency Rules came into force on 6 December 2018 and require firms to publish price and service information if they publish, as part of their usual business, the availability of certain common services.

Understanding implementation of our approach to continuing competence

We expect all solicitors to deliver a proper level of service to clients. This is a basic expectation of the profession and helps maintain the UK as the world’s centre of excellence for legal services.

A thematic review of trust and company service providers

Thematic review: Money laundering is not a victimless crime. It is used to fund terrorists and facilitates drug dealers and people traffickers, as well as a range of other criminal activity.

Residential conveyancing - Thematic review

Thematic review: We carried out this thematic review to better understand how firms are delivering residential conveyancing services, and whether they are fulfilling their obligations to their clients.

Authorisation and monitoring activity 2016/17

We have a statutory responsibility for the education and training of solicitors, as set out in the Solicitors Act 1974 and the Legal Services Act 2007.

Technology and legal services - Risk publication

Technology can help law firms offer services that are more efficient, productive, and accurate. But the legal market faces challenges in realising these benefits.

Balancing duties in litigation - Risk publication

This report discusses the differing duties owed in litigation, and examines the ways in which misconduct can arise. By bringing together examples of the challenges solicitors face when balancing these duties.

Price transparency in the legal services market - A study

The research found that price transparency is likely to help to overcome some of the key barriers that discourage small businesses from accessing legal services, such as the perception that solicitors are expensive.

The Law Society Compensation Fund Annual Report and Financial Statements For the Year ended 31 October 2017

The primary object of the Compensation Fund (the Fund) is to replace money which a defaulting practitioner or a defaulting practitioner's employee or manager has misappropriated or otherwise failed to account for.

Risk Outlook 2018/2019

Our annual Risk Outlook sets out what we think are the risks and the challenges faced by solicitors and law firms.