Guidance and support for setting up or running a Law Firm in England and Wales
It seems website compliance for law firms is harder than it looks… The SRA did a sweep and found many sites under construction or non-compliant.
The results of their sweep and some handy tips are available here: https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/how-we-work/reports/web-sweep.page
Recently the Bellwether Discussion Paper 2019 was published. I was one of the solicitors interviewed and featured in the Gazette.
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The SRA’s Digital Badge will become compulsory and new rules for the profession will become effective from 25th November 2019.
Read more on the SRA’s site at https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/news/press/standards-regulations-start-date-2019.page
The SRA have released updated templates and guidance on what needs up-dating. Changes to the websites of law firms regulated by the SRA need to be carried out by 6th December 2018
There is also a new digital badge to use.
Further information is at http://www.sra.org.uk/sra/news/press/price-transparency-digital-badge-confirmed.page?src=rss
UPDATE: here’s a link to the SRA’s templates on suggested wording – https://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/guidance/ethics-guidance/price-transparency.page#templates
Not cheery stuff, but possible useful one day… If a sole practitioner has died, temporary emergency authorisation from the SRA is required. The SRA need to be notified within 7 days and the application made on form FA7 with 28 days of the date of death.
SRA guidance is here – http://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/firm-based-authorisation/tea-sole-practitioner.page
