Regulation


Regulation and Education Authorisation and Monitoring Activity 2015-2016

We have a statutory responsibility for the education and training of solicitors, as set out in the Solicitors Act 1974 and the Legal Services Act 2007.

Client Protection Review 2018/19 - Corporate reporting

If we know that people are at risk of receiving legal services from a dishonest solicitor, or it is, for some other reason, necessary to protect the interests of clients, we can take action and close down a firm or a solicitor's practice. We call this an intervention.

Better Information in the Legal Services Market

This report provides a summary of our wider evaluation into the impact of the SRA Transparency Rules, one year on from these being fully implemented.

Cyber Security - Thematic review

Thematic review: We wanted to know more about the experiences of firms that had been targeted by cybercriminals.

SRA Transparency Rules: Web sweep report

The SRA Transparency Rules came into force on 6 December 2018 and require firms to publish price and service information if they publish, as part of their usual business, the availability of certain common services.

Residential conveyancing - Thematic review

Thematic review: We carried out this thematic review to better understand how firms are delivering residential conveyancing services, and whether they are fulfilling their obligations to their clients.

Price transparency in the legal services market - A study

The research found that price transparency is likely to help to overcome some of the key barriers that discourage small businesses from accessing legal services, such as the perception that solicitors are expensive.

Quality of Criminal Advocacy

The delivery of high quality advocacy plays a fundamental role in ensuring the effective and fair delivery of justice within the courts of England and Wales.

Evaluating our reforms: Accountants' reports

This report sets out the changes we have introduced so far to the accountant's report requirements evaluates the impact of these changes provides examples of reports submitted to us.

Payment Protection Insurance: Thematic review

Thematic review: Mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) claims have been a feature of the legal market since 2011, when the High Court ordered lenders to repay customers who had been sold products which were unsuitable for them.