Guidance

Professional duties during action taken by the Criminal Bar Association - Guidance

Guidance - what the SRA's Standards and Regulations require when acting for clients who may be affected by industrial action taken by the Criminal Bar Association (CBA).

Regulated financial services activites

If you are a COLP or a nominated authorised signatory for a firm we regulate, you need to let us know whether or not your firm carries out financial activities for clients as part of your legal work.

Payment Protection Insurance claims - Warning notice

Warning notice: This warning notice sets out our concerns about is those we regulate acting in claims for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI).

Risk factors in personal injury claims - Warning notice

Warning notice: This warning notice reminds you of your obligations if you take personal injury referrals from third parties, work closely with them or act on their instructions.

Referral fees LASPO and SRA Principles - Warning notice

Warning notice: This warning notice reminds you of your obligations if you have referral arrangements for personal injury work.

Q&As on the ban of personal injury referral fees - Guidance

Guidance: Sets out common Q and As on the ban on referral fees in personal injury actions introduced by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.

The Prohibition of referral fees in LASPO 56 60 - Guidance

Guidance: An overview of the approach we will adopt in determining whether a regulated person has paid or received a referral fee contrary to section 56 of LASPO.

Identifying your client - Guidance

Guidance: To help you understand your obligations in respect of identifying your client.

Dealing with claims for mis sold payment protection insurance - Guidance

Guidance: To remind you of your professional duties when accepting and dealing with claims relating to mis-sold payment protection insurance.

Unsolicited approaches (advertising) to members of the public - Guidance

Guidance: To explain that although advertising to the public is permitted under our rules, subject to certain conditions, you must also consider your wider obligations under applicable law.

Complaints about solicitors working outside SRA-regulated firms - Case studies

Case studies: These case studies examine some of the remedies available to those who wish to complain about solicitors working outside SRA – regulated firms.

Offering inducements to potential clients or clients - Guidance

Guidance: Understand your professional obligations and the issues you need to consider before offering inducements to existing or prospective clients.

Advising on leasehold provisions including ground rent clauses - Guidance

Guidance: To help you understand what our Standards and Regulations require when acting for clients who are buying leasehold properties and to avoid possible breaches of our requirements.

Solicitors undertaking regulated financial services activities relating to pre-paid funeral plans - Guidance

Guidance: Clarifies the position of SRA-authorised firms following the introduction of new regulatory requirements relating to pre-paid funeral plans.

Mergers, acquisitions and sales of law firms - Warning notice

Warning notice: Relevant to all firms and individuals we regulate who are thinking of or in the process of acquiring other law firms and seeking to sell or merge their law firm with another regulated entity