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Fee sharing arrangement definition

What does Fee sharing arrangement mean? In practice, a fee sharing arrangement is any agreement under which a solicitor or law firm divides part of its fees (profit costs, including VAT, and any uplift such as a CFA success fee) with another person or business—for example an introducer, referrer, consultant, or another firm. The term is descriptive rather than defined in legislation or case law. The SRA does not define “fee sharing arrangement”. The expression “fee sharer” appeared in the now‑revoked SRA Accounts Rules 2011 (another person or business who shares your fees) but is not used in the SRA Standards and Regulations...

Personal Injury Referral and Fee Sharing Due Diligence Record: LASPO 2012 and SRA Compliance (England and Wales)

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1 Background information

Introducer/fee sharer name [ Insert name ]
Financial and other particulars of the arrangement [ Insert financial and/or other terms ]
Person accountable for managing the relationship with this introducer/fee sharer [ Insert name ]
Person undertaking this due diligence exercise [ Insert name ]
Date of the due diligence exercise [ Insert date ]

2 personal injury compliance

Will you be sent referrals for the purposes of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO 2012) or under the SRA Glossary?

Yes (proceed with the remainder of Section 2)
No (move on to Section 3)

Does the referral arrangement require you to make any payments (including sharing your fees) for the purposes of LASPO 2012, s 56?

If yes, are those payments: (A) for the referrals/the referral arrangement itself, or (B) given as consideration for the provision of services or for another reason and not as a referral fee?

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