SRA News

 1. Introduction Announcements from the SRA earlier this year confirm that the regulator will take a more proactive and robust approach to assessing continuing competence. From this summer, it will publish an annual report with a general assessment of the [...]

 1. Introduction The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has been granted approval by the Legal Services Board (LSB) to make amendments to its rules regarding health and wellbeing. Under these new plans, the SRA will set new rules making it clear [...]

  The UK government has proposed an amendment to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill, which would create a new offence of failure to prevent fraud. The amendment requires organisations to demonstrate that they had 'reasonable measures in place [...]

A recent Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) case, in which a solicitor was fined £30,000 plus costs of £18,000 for a matter of misconduct committed in their private life, highlights the severe consequences of breaching SRA Principles. The tribunal on Tuesday [...]

1. Introduction Supervision is a fundamental requirement for those delivering legal services to meet the regulatory objectives set out in the Legal Services Act 2007. However, as highlighted in recent guidance released from the SRA on Effective Supervision, merely putting [...]