SRA Accounts Rules
The SRA Accounts Rules set out the principles and requirements for how solicitors and law firms must handle client money. This includes maintaining proper accounting systems, ensuring transparency, and preventing misuse of funds. Our SRA Accounts Rules course will help you understand the key provisions, your responsibilities, and the controls needed to maintain compliance and protect client interests.
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30 Minutes
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For all staff
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UK
What you’ll learn in
this course
- Understand the purpose and aims of the SRA Accounts Rules
- Identify what constitutes client money and the correct use of a client account
- Handle client money properly, in compliance with the rules
- Recognise and avoid actions that could result in a potential breach of the rules
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