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SRA Indemnity Fund Rules
Maintenance and termination of the fund
The Indemnity Fund shall continue to be held, managed and administered by the SRA for so long as and to the extent that the SRA may consider necessary or appropriate for the purpose of providing indemnity in respect of any claim(s) made or intimated during any indemnity period and/or during or subsequent to any indemnity period arising out of circumstances notified during any indemnity period...
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SRA Indemnity Fund Rules
Maintenance and termination of the fund
The Indemnity Fund shall continue to be held, managed and administered by the SRA for so long as and to the extent that the SRA may consider necessary or appropriate for the purpose of providing indemnity in respect of any claim(s) made or intimated during any indemnity period and/or during or subsequent to any indemnity period arising out of circumstances notified during any indemnity period...
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SRA Assessment of Character and Suitability Rules
Disclosure and evidential requirements
Subject to rule 6.3 below, on making an application under any of the provisions set out in rule 1.1, you must disclose all matters, wherever they have taken place (including overseas), which are relevant to the SRA's assessment of your character and suitability, including, where practicable, any information set out in Table 4 which is relevant to the matter in question. On making an...
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SRA Assessment of Character and Suitability Rules
Application
These rules apply where the SRA is making a decision as to whether it is satisfied regarding your character and suitability: on early assessment under regulation 5.2 of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations; at admission or restoration to the roll under regulations 1.1, 3.1, 3A.1, 3F.1, 4.1 and 5.9 of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations; on approval as an authorised...
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SRA Assessment of Character and Suitability Rules
Criminal conduct
The SRA will consider criminal conduct when assessing your character and suitability, in accordance with Table 1 below, subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Order) 1975 and bearing in mind the public interest in supporting the rehabilitation of offenders. For the avoidance of doubt, Table 1 is a non-exhaustive list. Table...
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SRA Transparency Rules
Regulatory information
An authorised body must display in a prominent place on its website (or, in the case of a licensed body, the website relating to its legal services, if separate) its SRA number and the SRA's digital badge. An authorised body's letterhead and e-mails must show its SRA authorisation number and the words "authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority". A solicitor, an REL or RFL...
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SRA Indemnity Fund (Enactment) Rules
Authority
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SRA Indemnity Fund (Enactment) Rules
Commencement and application
The Solicitors' Indemnity Rules 1987 as amended from time to time shall be further amended with effect from 1 October 2012 and shall continue in force thereafter in the form annexed hereto in which form they may be known as the SRA Indemnity Rules 2012. The Solicitors' Indemnity (Incorporated Practice) Rules 1991 as amended from time to time shall continue in force only in respect of the...
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SRA Indemnity Rules 2012 (Archived)
Indemnity Periods before 1 September 1987
The policies taken out and maintained and the certificates issued by the Society pursuant to the Solicitors' Indemnity Rules 1975 to 1986 shall continue to provide cover subject to and in accordance with their terms in respect of their respective periods up to and including 31 August 1987. They shall not provide cover in respect of any subsequent period.
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