- Linked with The law society – suppoting solicitors. – SRA is working in three areas: SRA for students and trainees, SRA for consumers, and SRA for solicitors.
- Our aim is to give the public full confidence in the solicitors’ profession … (full text what we do).
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Strategy; Principles; Equality, diversity; Consultations; Legal services act; Board; Committees; Management;
Address: Solicitors Regulation Authority, 8 Dormer Place, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 5AE or DX 292320 Leamington Spa 4, UK;
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How we work: We regulate more than 100,000 solicitors in England and Wales.
Our purpose is to protect the public:
- by ensuring that solicitors meet high standards, and
- by acting when risks are identified.
The solicitors’ profession includes single-solicitor practices and huge firms with a global presence and thousands of lawyers. Solicitors also work in the justice system, in government and within companies. All solicitors follow the same professional principles and code of conduct. We provide advice to help them do so.
Established in January 2007, the SRA was previously called the Law Society Regulation Board. We changed our name to emphasise our independence and to make what we do clearer. Our strategy sets out how we aim to work.
The SRA is the independent regulatory body of the Law Society of England and Wales.
We operate within a regulatory framework that is currently changing as the Legal Services Act 2007 takes effect:
- Our strategy is determined by our board.
- Our committees assist the board in its work.
- Our management team implements our strategy.
- Our work is guided by documented decision-making principles.
- We regularly publish performance reports.