Solicitor, across 3 jurisdictions
What is published about this occupation wherever the index has looked, best grade first.
Where it is regulated
| Jurisdiction | Authority | Public page | Bulk export | Machine readable | Signed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB-ENW | Solicitors Regulation Authority | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | B |
| GB-SCT | Law Society of Scotland | Yes | No | No | No | D |
| IE | Law Society of Ireland | Directory | No | No | No | D |
What was found
A data sharing web service refreshed every 24 hours, available by subscription with a key, carrying the firms the authority regulates. Individual solicitors remain a consumer search box: the thing a client actually wants to check, which is whether this named person is a solicitor, is the half that is not in the feed..
Law Society of Scotland
DThe closest thing in the index to the shape this lab is after, built without any of the machinery. A Scottish solicitor carries a society ID card and a five-digit solicitor number, and anyone, organisation or member of the public, can put that number into a status check and be told whether the person is currently entitled to practise. Stop practising and the card must go back and the check turns to not entitled to practise, so revocation actually surfaces.
The statutory register exists and you cannot read it from where you are sitting. The Law Society maintains the register of practising solicitors under the Solicitors Act 1954, and that register may be inspected at the Society’s premises in Dublin during office hours. What is online is a directory, updated daily and useful, which states in its own disclaimer that it should not be regarded as a comprehensive list of practising solicitors or of all solicitors, and that it is provided for information purposes only.