Every solicitor in England and Wales needs to keep up-to-date with the rules governing their conduct and the responsibilities and obligations that the SRA imposes on them. The SRA Handbook sets out the standards and requirements the SRA expect solicitors to achieve and observe for the benefit of the clients they serve. Understand the latest changes and obligations with this new edition, updated to Version 13 (31 October 2014).S RA revisions since the last print edition include: The SRA Higher Rights of Audience Regulations 2011 have been amended to exempt the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court from their scope so that solicitors do not have to hold the Higher Rights qualification in order to appear in hearings at this court The SRA Training Regulations 2011 Part 1 - Qualification Regulations and Part 2 - Training Provider Regulations have been repealed and replaced by the SRA Training Regulations 2014 - Qualification and Training Provider Regulations Changes to the SRA Financial Services (Scope) Rules 2001 have been made in order to facilitate the transfer of regulation of consumer credit activities to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Other consequential amendments have been made to the SRA Admission Regulators, the Suitability Test, the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme Regulations and the Glossary. Conveniently containing the updated Code and the Accounts Rules in one place, this handbook is essential to the work of all solicitors in England and Wales.
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