Another consultation has been launched on the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination, with this one focusing on the changes to regulations that will be necessary in order to introduce the ‘super exam’.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has continued to push its innovation agenda by stating that it wants to reduce the time that it takes for firms to implement new ideas for legal services.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is demanding that law firms adhere to transparency rules and display the SRA digital badge on their websites.

Following the latest Solicitors Qualifying Examination assessment in July, data collected by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) demonstrates that there continues to be a significant difference in attainment when looking at candidates’ ethnicity.

New Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) data has found that 53% of the solicitor’s profession are women and 19% of lawyers are from an ethnic minority background, both small increases on previous years.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has laid out its plans to regulate CILEX (The Chartered Institute of Legal Executive) members, including paralegals and students, in a new consultation document published earlier this week. 

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has been criticised for its response to the collapse of Axiom Ince in 2023, which led to the loss of 1,400 jobs.

The disparity between law conversion and Legal Practice Course and law pass rates at different law schools has become even more extreme, according to a report by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has fined eight law firms for breaching transparency rules and one firm for failing to publish diversity data. 

As predicted, the SRA has announced that the minimum salary for trainees will remain frozen at 2009 levels.

Twenty law firms and organisations have now been granted alternative business structure status, which allows legal services providers to be owned and/or managed by non-lawyers and operate in conjunction with other services.

The Stobart Group, famous for its trucks, has been granted an alternative business structure licence to set up a firm of solicitors.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has launched a package of support to help solicitors who may be experiencing mental health issues. 

The SRA is currently holding a series of focus groups and running an online survey as part of its consultation into whether it should continue to have a minimum rate of pay for trainee solicitors.

The SRA has launched a second consultation, running until 9 January 2017, on its proposed Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), the single assessment for would-be solicitors. 

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has announced the details of its 2013 diversity survey.

The SRA has completed its first year or authorising and regulating alternative business structures.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is once again considering whether to abolish the minimum annual salary for trainee solicitors.