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Solicitors Accounts Rule List

  1. Rule 1
    General Principles
  2. Rule 2
    Definitions and Interpretation
  3. Rule 3
    Geographical scope
  4. Rule 4
    Persons governed by the rules
  5. Rule 5
    Persons exempt from the rules
  6. Rule 6
    Principals' responsibility for compliance
  7. Rule 7
    Duty to remedy breaches
  8. Rule 9
    Liquidators, trustees in bankruptcy, Court of Protection deputies and trustees of occupational pension schemes
  9. Rule 10
    Joint accounts
  10. Rule 11
    Operation of a client's own account - if a solicitor in the course of practice operates a client's own account as signatory the rules in general do not apply
  11. Rule 12
    Solicitor's rights not affected in obtaining any recourse or right against money standing to the credit of a client account.
  12. Rule 13
    Categories of Money - client or office money
  13. Rule 14
    Client accounts - description and how to name
  14. Rule 15
    Use of a client account
  15. Rule 16
    Client money withheld from client account on client's instructions
  16. Rule 17
    Other categories of client money which can be withheld from a client account
  17. Rule 19
    Receipt and transfer of costs
  18. Rule 20
    Receipt of mixed payments
  19. Rule 21
    Treatment of payments to legal aid practitioners
  20. Rule 22
    Withdrawals from a client account: when money can be withdrawn
  21. Rule 23
    Method of and authority for withdrawals from client account
  22. Rule 24
    When interest must be paid
  23. Rule 25
    Amount of interest
  24. Rule 26
    Interest on stakeholder money
  25. Rule 27
    Contracting out
  26. Rule 29
    Guidelines for accounting procedures and systems
  27. Rule 30
    Restrictions on transfers between clients
  28. Rule 31
    Executor, trustee or nominee companies - when owner by a solicitor's firm, use of client account
  29. Rule 32
    Accounting records for client accounts
  30. Rule 33
    Accounting records for clients' own accounts
  31. Rule 34
    Production of Records
  32. Rule 35
    Delivery of accountants' reports
  33. Rule 36
    Accounting periods
  34. Rule 37
    Qualifications for making a report
  35. Rule 38
    Reporting accountant's rights and duties - letter of engagement
  36. Rule 39
    Change of accountant
  37. Rule 40
    Place of examination of a solicitor's accounting records, files and other relevant document
  38. Rule 41
    Provision of details of bank accounts
  39. Rule 42
    Test procedures
  40. Rule 43
    Departures from guidelines for accounting procedures and systems
  41. Rule 44
    Matters outside the accountant's remit
  42. Rule 45
    Privileged documents
  43. Rule 46
    Completion of checklist
  44. Rule 47
    Form of accountant's report
  45. Rule 48
    Practices with two or more places of business
  46. Rule 49
    Waivers
  47. Rule 50
    Commencement
Author
Claire
ID
2811
Card Set
Solicitors Accounts Rule List
Description
The Solicitor's Accounts - Give the rule number with the description and vice versa
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