As part of our ongoing review of consumer protection arrangements in the legal sector, we are consulting on potential changes to how and when law firms handle client money, and how this money is ...

We treat your character and suitability to be a solicitor as seriously as your knowledge and skills. If you do not meet our requirements for character and suitability we will not admit you as a ...

Our rules aim to uphold high professional standards. We insist that solicitors and firms in England and Wales report serious breaches of our rules to us. But we also need the public, clients and ...

This topic guide outlines our approach to individuals and firms where we have competence concerns, and the standard of service falls below what we expect. Consumers of legal services expect their ...

At the heart of this issue is a suspected complex and well-hidden fraud by a solicitor, which we uncovered, with an ongoing criminal investigation by the Serious Fraud Office. The suspected fraud was ...

Our latest annual report shows that we have increased regulatory action against firms in a bid to drive compliance and make sure the profession is tackling the risk of money laundering. Our anti-money ...

This outcome was reached by SRA decision. It is necessary to intervene to protect the interests of clients or former clients (paragraph 32(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Administration of Justice Act 1985 ...

Research has shown that most people have trust and confidence in legal services, with high professional standards and high-quality training the most important drivers of that trust. Our current ...