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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...

SRA referral and fee sharing arrangements—periodic review, file audits and client spot checks template with compliance actions (England and Wales)

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1 General information

Review date [ Insert date ]
Person responsible for the review [ Insert name ]

2 Referral and fee sharing file audits carried out since last periodic review

Populate the table using any referral and fee sharing file audit records completed since the last periodic review.

Date of each audit
Number of client files reviewed per audit
[ Insert date of first audit ] – [ State how many client files were reviewed during the audit ]
[ Insert date of second audit ] – [ State how many client files were reviewed during the audit ]
[ Insert date of third audit ] – [ State how many client files were reviewed during the audit ]

3 [ Client spot checks carried out since last periodic review

Complete the table for any client spot checks completed since the last periodic review...

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