SRA Standards and Regulations
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SRA Indemnity Fund Rules
Exclusions from cover
The Indemnity Fund shall not afford any indemnity in respect of any loss arising out of any claim: for death, bodily injury, physical loss or physical damage to property of any kind whatsoever (other than property in the care, custody and control of the previous practice or member thereof in connection with its, his or her private legal practice for which it, he or she is responsible, not...
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SRA Roll, Registers and Publication Regulations
The roll and registers
The SRA shall keep in electronic form: the roll; a register of all solicitors who hold practising certificates; the register of European lawyers; the register of foreign lawyers; the register of Swiss lawyers; and a register of authorised bodies.
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SRA Roll, Registers and Publication Regulations
Information in respect of authorised bodies
The register of authorised bodies under regulation 1.1(e) shall contain the following information in respect of each body included within it: the name under which the body is authorised; the body's authorisation number; the body's main practising address in the UK; all the body's other practising addresses including addresses of its overseas practices; any previous name under which the body...
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SRA Education, Training and Assessment Provider Regulations
Transitional provisions
Any approval, authorisation or recognition granted under the Monitoring of Courses Regulations 1991, the SRA Training Regulations 2011, the SRA Higher Rights of Audience Regulations 2011 or the SRA Training Regulations 2014 - Qualification and Provider Regulations, will continue as if granted under these regulations. A period of recognised training entered into before these regulations come...
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SRA Regulatory and Disciplinary Procedure Rules
Schedule 1
This schedule sets out the basis for calculating the charges payable under rule 10. The SRA will record the amount of time spent by the SRA or its agents in investigating the matter, including time spent on correspondence, evidence gathering and analysis, and report writing. The standard charges are as follows: Number of hours spent investigating matter Standard Charge Under 2...
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SRA Roll, Registers and Publication Regulations
Publication of information
The SRA shall publish all entries on the roll or registers, except for any address included under regulation 2.1(h). If the SRA considers that it would be in the public interest to do so, it may withhold from publication any or all of the information subject to publication under regulation 5.1. The SRA may publish such further information or classes of information as it may consider in the...
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SRA Accounts Rules
Client accounting systems and controls
You keep and maintain accurate, contemporaneous, and chronological records to: record in client ledgers identified by the client's name and an appropriate description of the matter to which they relate: all receipts and payments which are client money on the client side of the client ledger account; all receipts and payments which are not client money and bills of costs including transactions...
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SRA Claims Management Fees Rules
Required information
An authorised body, or an individual as permitted under regulation 9.8(b)(ii) of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations, providing relevant financial services claims management activities or activities that would be regulated financial services claims management activities but for the exclusion in article 89N of the Regulated Activities Order, whether under a relevant financial...
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SRA Accounts Rules
Client money must be kept separate
You keep client money separate from money belonging to the authorised body. You ensure that you allocate promptly any funds from mixed payments you receive to the correct client account or business account. Where you are holding client money and some or all of that money will be used to pay your costs: you must give a bill of costs, or other written notification of the costs incurred, to the...
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