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Disciplinary procedures


The SRA's approach to financial penalties - Guidance

A guide for our decision makers to assist them in arriving at an appropriate financial penalty for the individuals and firms we regulate.

Decision-making in disciplinary cases - Guidance

This guidance is to help you understand how we make a first-instance decision in a disciplinary case and how we deal with an application for an internal review of that decision.

SRA investigations: health issues and medical evidence - Guidance

Guidance: to help you understand the approach we take to health issues which are raised by those we are investigating and the medical evidence we might ask for.

Issuing Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal proceedings - Guidance

To help you understand the approach we take when deciding whether to issue proceedings in the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.

Making decisions to investigate concerns - Guidance

To help those we regulate understand how we assess reports and complaints made about them.

How we regulate non-authorised persons - Guidance

How we will regulate you if you are not authorised by us directly but where you are involved in a firm we regulate or work for, or are supervised, by a solicitor.

How we deal with money when we intervene (Statutory Trusts) - Guidance

To help you understand how we deal with money when we intervene into a firm.

On-site investigations (inspections) - Guidance

To help you understand how we make the decision to conduct an on-site inspection and what is expected from you.

Parallel investigations - Guidance

To help you understand our approach towards investigating breaches of our regulatory requirements which relate to the same or similar underlying facts as concurrent civil, regulatory or criminal proceedings.

Bringing criminal proceedings - Guidance

Understand how and when we may bring criminal proceedings against those we regulate.