Solicitors Act 1974 (UK)

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The assessor has concerns relating to the absence of any supervision of the candidate throughout the period of experience claimed. This is because effective supervision of the candidate is a fundamental part of the requirement for recognised training as provided by Regulation 4.1(c) of the Education, Training and Assessment Provider Regulations). Applications for exemption from all or both of either Stage 1 or Stage 2 of the LPC should be made to us. Applications for exemption for some part of either Stage 1 or Stage 2 should be made directly to the LPC provider. They consider them in accordance with their policy on Accreditation of Prior Learning. ii) contentious business done in proceedings in the County Court within the district of that District Registry; or the person from whom the Law Society took possession of the documents which it wishes to dispose of or destroy

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You can fulfil a wide range of roles. You can be an employee or manager, compliance officer, owner or shareholder of a firm regulated by us. Compliance officers, managers and certain owners must be approved by us as suitable to take up their role. Guidance on how we decide to grant or withdraw approval for non-authorised persons can be found here. Similarly, non-authorised persons may also be employed and/or supervised by individual solicitors and this can include solicitors who provide of non-reserved legal services through a practice not regulated by us (regulation 10.2(a) of the Authorisation of Individuals Regulations). We can decide to either grant your application for admission as a solicitor or refuse it. We will refuse your application if we are not satisfied that you have complied with our education and training requirements and/or of your character and suitability. We have statutory powers under sections 44B and 44BB of the Solicitors Act 1974 and section 93 of the Legal Services Act 2007 to require you to provide us with documents and information which we say you must give us. This includes the power to interview you about the documents and information we have asked for (Section 44BA of the Solicitors Act 1974).

We might also impose other outcomes in addition to disqualification, such as a fine. If we do not consider that disqualification is appropriate, we may consider that a disciplinary decision on its own is the right outcome. Case Study 3 the conduct of litigation (which can be described as the taking of formal steps in proceedings, such as issuing a claim or filing documents or forms) If you are an EU, EEA or Swiss national who is partially qualified in another EU/EEA Member State, and you wish to qualify as a solicitor, you may apply to us to assess the equivalence of your professional qualifications against the outcomes required of a newly qualified solicitor. These outcomes are known as the Day One Outcomes. The ' Day One Outcomes' cover what is expected of a solicitor on admission. They form part of our training framework. Guidance: To help you understand your obligations on equality, diversity and inclusion. Topic guide: A guide to the application of Principle 1

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If you can demonstrate you have acquired the same knowledge and skills through 'Equivalent Means' (regulation 3A.2 of the Authorisation of Individuals Regulations), you may be exempt from the requirement to complete some or all of the education and training stages (see below). Apprenticeship route to qualification Guidance: To explain when you are likely to be found to have breached your obligation under Principle 2 to act in a way that upholds public trust and confidence. Acting with integrity - Guidance The PSC is designed to build on the LPC, so completion of the LPC cannot be used as a basis to apply for exemptions from the core elements of the PSC. Defendants to applications under Schedule 1 to the Act Paragraph of Schedule 1 under which the application is madeMore information about our powers to obtain documents and information can be found in our guidance on how we gather evidence in our regulatory and disciplinary investigations. 3.2 Disciplining a non-authorised person

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In general, if you are not a lawyer you can only do certain work under the direct supervision of a regulated lawyer in the firm. Some types of work are simply not allowed. For example, as non-authorised person you can only prepare legal documents under the supervision of a regulated lawyer, but you cannot stand up in court and represent clients. In no circumstances, can you pretend or even suggest you are a lawyer. It is a criminal offence for you to: achieved a sufficient standard of general education (normally A-level passes sufficient to be granted admission to a full-time degree programme) then we may accept you are eligible to commence a CPE. It should be noted that a good command of both spoken and written English is required by providers for admission onto the CPE. These applications need to be made to us.To claim a full exemption from the CPE, you should apply to us. For partial exemptions, you should apply to the CPE provider. Following admission, you will need to have a PC before you can practise as a solicitor. You can apply for this at the same time as you apply for admission, or at a time that suits you after admission.