SRA Standards and Regulations
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SRA Indemnity Insurance Rules
Special provisions for RELs
If: one or more of the principals of an insured firm are RELs who claim that professional indemnity insurance, or a professional indemnity fund, under their home professional rules provides the insured firm's practice with professional indemnity cover in all respects equivalent in its conditions and extent to that which would be provided under the MTC (Full Home State Cover); no more than 25%...
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SRA Overseas and Cross-border Practice Rules
Overseas Principles
You act: in a way that upholds the constitutional principle of the rule of law and the proper administration of justice in England and Wales. in a way that upholds public trust and confidence in the solicitors' profession of England and Wales and in legal services provided by authorised persons. with independence. with honesty. with integrity. in a way that encourages equality, diversity and...
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SRA Indemnity Fund Rules
Manner of indemnity
Such indemnity shall be provided, according to the decision of the SRA as set out in Rule 10.2, in any one or any combination of the following ways: by payment, in or towards satisfaction of the claim and/or claimant's costs and expenses, to or to the order of the claimant making the claim; by payment, in respect of the claim and/or claimant's costs and expenses and/or costs and expenses...
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SRA Indemnity Fund Rules
Source of indemnity
Any such indemnity shall be provided and any claim thereto shall lie and be made exclusively out of and against the Indemnity Fund. The SRA shall have no obligation to provide indemnity save to the extent that the same can be provided out of the Indemnity Fund. In no circumstances shall any claim to indemnity lie or be made against the SRA or the Society or the Council or the Legal Services...
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SRA Indemnity Fund Rules
Application of the Rules
These Rules shall apply to a practice carried on by: a sole solicitor; an REL practising as a sole practitioner; a recognised body; a partnership consisting of one or more solicitors and/or RELs and/or recognised bodies and/or licensed bodies; a partnership consisting of one or more solicitors and/or RELs, together with one or more RFLs; a partnership consisting of one or more RELs with or...
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SRA Indemnity Fund Rules
Decisions by the Society
The Society shall have power to treat any person as complying with any provision of these Rules for the purposes of the SA notwithstanding that the person has failed to comply with any provision of these Rules where such non-compliance is regarded by the Society in a particular case or cases as being insignificant.
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SRA Indemnity Fund Rules
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SRA Education, Training and Assessment Provider Regulations
Higher rights of audience assessment providers
Only an organisation approved by the SRA may provide assessments in higher courts civil advocacy and higher courts criminal advocacy conferring a higher courts advocacy qualification. An organisation may apply to the SRA in such manner as may be prescribed to be approved to provide such assessments. The SRA may, in relation to an application for approval: grant the application, subject to such...
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SRA Education, Training and Assessment Provider Regulations
Education providers
Only an approved education provider may provide and assess: a Qualifying Law Degree; a CPE; an Exempting Law Degree; or an Integrated Course. Only an authorised education provider may provide and assess the Legal Practice Course or the Professional Skills Course. An organisation may apply to the SRA in such manner as may be prescribed to be an approved education provider or an authorised...
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