CODE OF PRACTICE

Every solicitor and firm wishing to provide publicly funded criminal and civil legal services in Northern Ireland must soon be registered with the Department of Justice's Registration Scheme. To be entered and retained on the Register, firms and solicitors must conform to the Code of Practice. Failure to meet or maintain the standards in the Code, may mean sanctions, suspension and/or exclusion from the Register.

To ensure you and your staff
are fully trained ​...

TAILORED ADVICE & TRAINING 

The Registration Scheme poses significant changes to the way in which legal firms in Northern Ireland will undertake 'legal aid' work. To ensure that you, and your team, are up to speed with these changes in advance of the Scheme implementation, to enable your seamless transition onto the Register, and to allow you to continue unhindered with your fee earning work, LEGALASSISTNI offer tailored advice and training on the role-specific duties detailed in the Code of Practice (for fee earning and non-fee earning staff), specifically:​​​
  • Standards of Professional Conduct
  • Standards of Services and Materials
  • Systems of Management and Administration 
  • The 'Compliance Manager' role and the actual registration process duties
  • ​The Audit and Compliance Framework - how to prepare for and pass the varying levels of 'compliance audits', including education on 'assurance ratings', 'recommendation priorities' and sanctions.

To ensure that you and your team, both understand and comply with the Code of Practice, contact LEGALASSISTNI now.