Lexsential operates in the United Kingdom through LEXSENTIAL LTD, a private limited company registered with the Companies House under no. 13607457, SRA number 833286, having its registered office at 8 Pollen Street, London, W1S 1NG (the “UK Firm”). 

Despite being registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) because there are SRA-regulated professionals who work there (including its director), the UK Firm itself is not regulated by the SRA to provide reserved legal activities, such reserved legal activities being: (i) the exercise of a right of audience; (ii) the conduct of litigation; (iii) conveyancing; (iv) probate; (v) notarial activities; and (vi) administration of oaths. Therefore: (a) the UK Firm is unable to carry out such reserved legal activities and the work carried out by it is not regulated by the SRA; (b) clients of the UK Firm do not have a right to apply for a grant to be made out of the Solicitors’ Compensation Fund; (c) the UK Firm is not required to hold professional indemnity insurance that complies with the SRA’s minimum terms and conditions; (d) the advice provided by the UK Firm may not be covered by legal professional privilege, and (e) the protections in the SRA Accounts Rules in relation to client money do not apply to the UK Firm. 

Notwithstanding the above, any UK Firm’s member of staff who is a Solicitor holding a current practising certificate granted by the SRA will provide any legal services on behalf of the UK Firm in their capacity as a practising Solicitor and will be subject to the SRA Code of Conduct for Solicitors and the jurisdiction of the Legal Ombudsman. 

For further information, see www.sra.org.uk/consumers/register/organisation/?sraNumber=833286 or contact a member of our staff at info@lexsential.com.