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SRA consults on updates to financial penalty regime

28 June 2024

We are consulting on proposals to update our approach to issuing financial penalties to law firms and solicitors.

Firms must immediately replace client account shortages, SRA warns

21 June 2024

Law firms have been reminded of their duty to replace any shortages on client accounts immediately upon discovery in a new warning notice.

Update on the Solicitors Regulation Authority investigation on the Post Office Horizon IT scandal

20 June 2024

In light of the recent significant interest in the Post Office Horizon Scandal and the resumption of hearings at the ongoing statutory public inquiry, we are providing an update on our investigation, building on our January 2024 statement.

Firms should make sure clients’ interests are central in mergers and acquisitions

17 June 2024

Solicitors have been reminded in a new warning notice that their clients’ interests must remain paramount during mergers and acquisitions.

Tackling ethnicity gaps in outcomes of professional legal assessments

03 June 2024

We are calling on the legal, education and training sectors to work with us to tackle issues leading to differential outcomes in professional legal assessments by ethnicity.

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Cavity wall insulation claims handled by SSB Group (SSB) and Pure Legal Limited (Pure Legal)

10 June 2024

We are progressing our investigation into SSB, Pure Legal and the solicitors involved. We will take action to protect the public where we find evidence that solicitors have fallen short of the high professional and ethical standards we all expect.

January 2024 SQE2 results published

29 May 2024

The results for the SQE2 sitting in January 2024 have been published and 876 candidates received their results.

January SQE1 results issue

15 April 2024

The results for the January 2024 SQE1 assessments have been reissued by Kaplan, the assessment provider for the SQE, to correct an error.

SQE2 October 2023 results published

20 February 2024

The results for the SQE2 October 2023 sitting have been published and 642 candidates have received their results.

SQE2 July 2023 results published

28 November 2023

The results for the SQE2 July 2023 sitting have been published and 1,004 candidates received their results today.

SQE1 July 2023 results published

21 September 2023

The results for the SQE1 July 2023 sitting have been published. A total of 3,475 candidates completed both parts of SQE1 (known as FLK1 and FLK2).

Capsticks and Blake Morgan appointments

13 September 2023

We have appointed leading UK law firms Capsticks and Blake Morgan to provide legal services to support our Legal & Enforcement Team.

April 2023 SQE2 results published

22 August 2023

The results for the SQE2 April 2023 sitting have been published and 996 candidates received their results today. Of these, 923 candidates sat SQE2 for the first time and they achieved an 80% pass rate.

Financial penalties statement

30 May 2023

The overwhelming majority of solicitors do a good job and meet the high standards we all expect. But when things go wrong we can, and do, step in to make sure clients are properly protected.

SQE functioning legal knowledge annual review

28 April 2023

The SRA and Kaplan have completed the annual review of the functioning legal knowledge that is assessed in SQE1 and SQE2 and made some amendments.