Barristers’ Anti-Money Laundering Obligations The LSRA is the competent authority for all barristers in relation to anti-money laundering obligations. On this page you will find out about barristers’ obligations under the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010, as amended (Act). While practising barristers are “designated persons” under the Act, the obligations under [...]
Complaints Case Studies On this page you can browse our complaints case studies to learn about issues that lead to complaints to the LSRA, how we investigate complaints, and how they might be resolved or avoided. Inadequate legal services Background Oliver engaged a solicitor to complete some [...]
Our Consultations We value the views of our stakeholders. Our consultations are listed here, along with written submissions received to consultations which are now closed. For more details and to find out how to participate, click to expand the links below. Open Consultations There are currently no open [...]
Limited Liability Partnerships Solicitors partnerships and legal partnerships may apply to the LSRA for authorisation to operate as Limited Liability Partnerships or LLPs. On this page you can find out how to apply to us for authorisation to operate as an LLP and see the register of authorised LLPs. About [...]
The Legal Services Regulatory Authority today publishes its second annual report on the admission policies of the legal professions. The report, Pathways to the Professions 2020: Annual Report on Admission Policies of the Legal Professions, documents the number of persons admitted to practise as both solicitors and barristers in 2020, based on figures supplied to [...]