SRA Standards and Regulations
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SRA Indemnity Insurance Rules
SRA Minimum Terms and Conditions of Professional Indemnity Insurance
1. Scope of cover Civil liability Subject to the limits in clause 2, the insurance must indemnify each insured against civil liability to the extent that it arises from private legal practice in connection with the insured firm's practice, (including its prior practice and (unless run-off cover is provided in accordance with clause 5.3) any successor practice) provided that a claim in respect...
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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 Statutory Trust Rules
Residual balances
The SRA may use any funds which remain in a statutory trust account following the distribution to beneficiaries under rule 7 to reimburse any costs, charges, or other expenses, which it has incurred in establishing the beneficial entitlements to the statutory trust monies and in distributing the monies accordingly. If funds remain in a statutory trust account after payment to beneficiaries and...
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SRA Statutory Trust Rules
Shortfall in statutory trust account
In cases where a shortfall is revealed between statutory trust monies held, and the beneficial entitlements shown in a reconciled list or best list, the SRA may rectify the position, in whole or in part, by the use of other monies taken into its possession in consequence of the intervention to which that list relates. Where, having applied additional funds under rule 6.1, a shortfall still...
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The prescribed circumstances in which you can withdraw client money from client account to pay to a charity of your choice
Additional guidance
You may choose to pay the money to a charity that does not offer you an indemnity but if it does not, you will be liable to pay the money to the client if they contact you later to claim it. Some ways in which you may be able to trace your client include: making use of social media making a search of Companies House and/or the Probate Registry making use of the Department of Work and Pensions'...
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SRA Statutory Trust Rules
Minimum level of funds
The SRA may set a minimum level of funds to which a beneficiary may be entitled within a statutory trust account below which it will not attempt to identify or locate potential beneficiaries on the basis that, in the opinion of the SRA, it would be unreasonable or disproportionate to do so. The level in rule 3.1 applies to the sum identified as relating to a particular beneficiary, after the...
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SRA Statutory Trust Rules
Distribution of beneficial entitlements
In a case where the accounting records of the intervened practitioner are reconciled accounts, payments to beneficiaries will be made on the basis of the reconciled list. In a case where the accounting records of the intervened practitioner are not reconciled accounts, payments to beneficiaries will be made on the basis of the best list. Any interest which has accrued on a statutory trust...
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SRA Statutory Trust Rules
Claimants to money
Unless the SRA agrees otherwise, every claimant must submit to the SRA a claim in the prescribed form accompanied by any documentation and other evidence as may be required by the SRA, and which must include, if requested by the SRA, a statement of truth.
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SRA Regulatory and Disciplinary Procedure Rules
The investigation process
The SRA may carry out such investigations, and in doing so may exercise any of its investigative powers, as it considers appropriate: to identify whether a matter comprises an allegation under rule 1.2, or to the consideration of an allegation under rule 3. As soon as reasonably practicable after commencing an investigation under rule 2.1(b), the SRA will inform the relevant person accordingly...
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