Time to renew

Solicitors have until 31 October to renew their practising certificate, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has said. The SRA launched its 2013 round this week, and has put in place a range of measures to help solicitors complete their renewal applications. These include detailed guidance for authorised signatories and organisation contacts completing bulk renewals; a readiness checklist; updated user guides; a set of FAQs; and revised web content. Rachel Lewis, SRA authorisation manager, says she hoped these changes would “reduce some of the issues users experienced in completing the renewals process last year”. Other enhancements include: revised guidance text; the ability for AUSs and ORCs to add manager posts for certain individuals; pre-population of the client money section; and a more user-friendly approach to updating address information in mySRA, providing a distinction between work and personal addresses.