The Solicitor's Handbook 2022

The Solicitor’s Handbook is a comprehensive and user-friendly guide to the regulations governing the conduct of solicitors. The 2022 edition has been updated to take account of all the key regulatory developments which have taken place since the publication of the 2019 edition, in particular the bedding in of the SRA Standards and Regulations.

Key changes covered in this new edition include:

• Beckwith, sexual misconduct, and the private lives of solicitors
• solicitors’ undertakings after Harcus Sinclair
• more than 100 new guidance notes issued by the SRA
• revisions to guidance on conflicts of interest
• improper use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs)
• cross-border practice following Brexit
• updated LSAG guidance on money laundering, and
• new guidance relating to SRA Accounts Rules

The book also contains guidance on the regulatory system in practice, SRA enforcement, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, the regulation of alternative business structures (ABSs), money laundering and data protection.