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Ethics and Professional Conduct

Candidates are expected to display their capacity to act honestly and with integrity, and to conform to the SRA Standards and Regulations, which consist of:

  • The purpose, scope and content of the SRA Principles
  • The purpose, scope and content of the Code of Conduct, which consists of:
    • SRA Code of Conduct for Solicitors, RELs and RFLs
    • SRA Code of Conduct for Firms in relation to:
      • Managers in authorised firms
      • Compliance Officers

Refer to SoSC (A1) in Annex 1 for more information.

Ethics and professional conduct will be assessed across all subject areas.

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This section is part of SRA: SQE1 assessment specification, which sets out the whole topic in order on a single page.

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