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SRA Principles
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Introduction
The SRA Principles comprise the fundamental tenets of ethical
behaviour that we expect all those that we regulate to uphold.
This includes all individuals we authorise to provide legal
services (solicitors, RELs and RFLs), as well as authorised firms
and their managers and employees. For licensed bodies, these
apply to those individuals, and the part of the body (where
applicable), involved in delivering the services we regulate in
accordance with the terms of your licence.
Should the Principles come into conflict, those which safeguard
the wider public interest (such as the rule of law, and public
confidence in a trustworthy solicitors' profession and a safe
and effective market for regulated legal services) take
precedence over an individual client's interests. You should,
where relevant, inform your client of the circumstances in
which your duty to the Court and other professional obligations
will outweigh your duty to them.
The Principles and Codes are underpinned by our Enforcement
Strategy, which explains in more detail our approach to taking
regulatory action in the public interest.
This introduction does not form part of the SRA Principles.
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The principles are as follows:
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You act:
1. in a way that upholds the constitutional
principle of the rule of law, and the proper
administration of justice.
2. in a way that upholds public trust and
confidence in the solicitors’ profession and in
legal services provided by « rised
persons.
3. with independence.
4. with honesty.
5. with integrity.
6. in a way that encourages equality, diversity
and inclusion.
7. in the best interests of each client.
Supplemental notes
Made by the SRA Board on 30 May 2018.
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Made under section 31 of the Solicitors Act 1974, section 9 of
the Administration of Justice Act 1985 and section 83 of the
Legal Services Act 2007.
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