The SRA will be launching its new set of Standards and Regulations (“StaRs”) on 25 November 2019. Over the next few weeks, our blog series will share our insight into some of the more interesting aspects of the StaRs, including looking at the more subtle changes, in relation to underlying policy and overall regulatory approach.
SRA Standards and Regulations – what you need to know
Reach for the StaRs!
Understanding the new SRA Principles and Code: the long read
SRA and the regulation of your personal life
Ethics and what’s expected of you
Reporting concerns - understanding your obligations
Stand up and be accountable
The new Solicitors Accounts Rules: what has changed?
The new ‘freelance’ solicitor: practical aspects and our predictions
Time to prioritise, but not to panic
8 November 2019
StaRs: Stand up and be accountable
In this blog in our series about the new SRA Standards and Regulations (StaRs), Shannett Thompson blogs about accountability - including the need to exercise judgement independently, be prepared to be held accountable for the way in which it is exercised; and ensure it is documented.
5 November 2019
StaRs: Reporting concerns - understanding your obligations
In the second blog in this series, we referred to the cooperating and reporting obligations in the new Codes of Conduct being notably different, when compared to corresponding provisions in the 2011 Code of Conduct and to other rules and regulations in the 2011 Handbook.
31 October 2019
Ethics and what’s expected of you
It’s not the SRA that protects the public from rogue solicitors and law firms. It is the ethical choices underpinning the millions of decisions made by lawyers every day when no one is looking. Ethics is personal and while the SRA can set standards, guide conduct and provide the right framework and enforce robustly, it cannot watch over everyone all the time. Nor should it.
28 October 2019
SRA and the regulation of your personal life
The new scheme heralds a sharper focus by the SRA on declaring and upholding proper standards in the private lives of those within its regulatory reach.
24 October 2019
Understanding the new SRA Principles and Code: the long read
In November 2015, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) published its position paper “Looking to the Future”, through which it committed to a phased review of the SRA Handbook and its overall approach to regulation. It was also at this stage that a new regulatory model, with two distinct strands, was first proposed. This model sought, on the one hand, to regulate individuals through education and entry standards, on-going competence and ethical behaviours. On the other hand, it sought to regulate firms, with emphasis being on their systems and controls.
