On 6th October 2011 the biggest change to legal practice regulation in decades will come into effect with the introduction of the new SRA Handbook, which replaces the Solicitors Code of Conduct. This Handbook will cover every aspect of the regulation of individuals and organisations who are authorised and licensed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), including Alternative Business Structures (ABS). This includes lawyers working in in-house.
Every lawyers needs to be preparing NOW! to comply fully with the new regulations from the October deadline. This course will give essential and practical guidance on the new regime for those working in the public sector and how to comply. The course will cover:
Background to the new Handbook
- * What this means for the SRA and its approach to regulation
- The Handbook - what it comprises
- The Principles
In-house legal practice and the Framework of Practice Rules
- * The individual applications for PCs
- The need for a PC in relation to in-house practice
- Practice Framework Rules - how you can practice in-house; who you can provides services for as part of your employment and the conditions which would apply; whether your employer might need to be licensed by the SRA to provide legal services to others
The Code
- * OFR and what it means
- How the outcomes link to the Principles
- What is mandatory
- Structure
- How outcomes are applied to in-house practice
- Individual chapters - which have particular relevance to in-house practice