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 ...

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 ...

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 statement was updated on 1 November in relation to our investigation work, including action against a solicitor, and to reflect changes to our projected timeline for our investigation. We ...

If the manager / owner is not SRA authorised, they need to create a mySRA account before you apply. You will need to read rule 13 of the SRA Authorisation of Firms Rules to identify if the ...

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.

An independent report into the overrepresentation of Black, Asian and minority ethnic solicitors in the early stages of our enforcement process has found a complex issue with no single or simple ...