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Sanctions regime - firm-wide risk assessments - Guidance

This guidance is aimed to help firms assess your exposure to risks associated with the UK’s sanctions regime.

Money laundering and terrorist financing suspicious activity reports - Warning notice

This Warning Notice reminds you of some of the key requirements to have in place adequate controls to prevent, detect and report money laundering and to make suspicious activity reports (SARs).

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.

Firm authorisation - Guidance

If you wish to set up a business providing legal services, understand whether the business needs to be authorised by us and how this is done.

Complying with Principle 6 - encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion

To help you understand your obligations on equality, diversity and inclusion.

Publishing regulatory and disciplinary decisions - Guidance

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

Registered Swiss lawyers - Guidance

How to practise in the UK as a Swiss lawyer.

Registered European lawyers - Guidance

How to practise in the UK as a European lawyer.

Registered Foreign lawyers - Guidance

How to practise in the UK as a Registered Foreign lawyer

Sham litigation - Guidance

This guidance aims to bring attention to the potential threat posed by sham litigation within the legal sector, so that lawyers can take appropriate steps to protect themselves and their firms.

Marketing your services to members of the public - Warning notice

This warning notice provides a reminder of your regulatory responsibilities and obligations when marketing your services to members of the public.

Key points for governing boards, chief executives and senior officers in organisations employing in-house solicitors - Guidance

This guidance is for any organisation that employs an in-house solicitor, to help you to understand the regulatory duties and standards they must comply with.

Reporting concerns about wrongdoing when working in-house - Case study

Case study: To illustrate how our expectations operate in practice

Identifying your client when working in-house - Guidance

Guidance: This guidance is for in-house solicitors employed by organisations not regulated by the SRA.

Identifying your client when working in-house - Case study

This case study should be read in conjunction with the Identifying your client when working in-house guidance.

Understanding in-house solicitors professional obligations employer - Guidance

This guidance is to help your employer understand the regulatory duties and standards you must comply with as an in-house solicitor.

Internal investigations - Guidance

Guidance: To help all firms we regulate and all solicitors (wherever they work) understand and manage regulatory risks and issues associated with conducting an internal investigation.

Transparency in price and service - Guidance

To help you understand your obligations under our Transparency Rules.

Representing clients during claims for financial services or products

This guidance will help you to understand what we expect when you represent clients during these claims.

Use of non disclosure agreements (NDAs) - Warning notice

This reminds those we regulate of some of the key risks and issues when advising on the use of NDAs.