As part of our ongoing review of consumer protection arrangements in the legal sector, we are consulting on potential changes to how and when law firms handle client money, and how this money is ...

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. Our anti-money ...

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 ...

At the heart of this issue is a suspected complex and well-hidden fraud by a solicitor, which we uncovered, with an ongoing criminal investigation by the Serious Fraud Office. The suspected fraud was ...

This outcome was reached by SRA decision. It is necessary to intervene to protect the interests of clients or former clients (paragraph 32(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Administration of Justice Act 1985 ...

Research has shown that most people have trust and confidence in legal services, with high professional standards and high-quality training the most important drivers of that trust. Our current ...