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Website advertising rules for lawyers in United Kingdom

Lawyers answer to their regulator's advertising and conduct rules as well as to privacy law. This is what SRA Code of Conduct and Transparency Rules (solicitor publicity) means for your website: testimonials, claims, fees, titles and the details you must show. It applies only to sites of that profession, and only where you are licensed. For the general laws every site in United Kingdom must follow, see United Kingdom's laws.

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SRA Code of Conduct and Transparency Rules (solicitor publicity)

SRA Code of Conduct for Solicitors, RELs and RFLs in force since 25 Nov 2019.

Who it covers: Solicitors, registered European and foreign lawyers and SRA-regulated firms in England and Wales. Barristers (Bar Standards Board) and Scottish solicitors have separate rules not covered here. Set by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

What it requires of a website or app (7)

  • Website publicity is accurate and not misleading, including about charges and interestAI reviewCode of Conduct para 8.8
  • No unsolicited approaches to the public to advertise legal services (current and former clients excepted)AI reviewCode of Conduct para 8.9
  • Nothing on the site misleads clients or others, by what it says or leaves outAI reviewCode of Conduct para 1.4
  • Say which services are regulated, and do not present an unauthorised business as SRA-regulatedAI reviewCode of Conduct para 8.10
  • Price information for the services the Rules list is published in a prominent place on the website (if you offer conveyancing, probate, motoring offences, employment tribunal, immigration, debt recovery, licensing or other listed services to individuals or small businesses)AI reviewTransparency Rules 1.1, 1.5, 1.6
  • The complaints procedure is published, including how and when to complain to the Legal Ombudsman and the SRAAI reviewTransparency Rules 2.1
  • The SRA number and the SRA digital badge are shown in a prominent place on the websiteAI reviewTransparency Rules 4.1

Sources:SRA Code of Conduct for Solicitors, RELs and RFLs SRA Transparency Rules

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