Compliance Partner

Your Compliance Partner has to be a partner within the firm. However they do not have to have any practical knowledge of or involvement in children’s legal assistance or have to be registered in their own right. The duties of the Compliance Partner are:

• Making the application for the nominating firm to be registered and informing us of any changes.
• Certifying that the firm and its staff comply with the Code of Practice when the application is made.
• Producing a record of training attended by them (if appropriate) and any other individual solicitors of the firm applying for registration, or providing written confirmation that such courses will be attended within six months of registration.
• Ensuring that all the firm’s registered solicitors hold current valid practising certificates.
• Notifying us in advance or not later than twenty working days of changes within the firm relevant either to registration or compliance with this Code of Practice or longer if special reason for exceeding twenty working days can be shown. A special reason request for exceeding twenty working days can be shown. A special reason request must be made at the outset of the period.
• Liaising with us on any issue related to the Code of Practice.
• Receiving and handling enquiries from us about suspected non-compliance with the Code, whether on the part of the firm or any individual solicitor within it.
• Ensuring that necessary action is taken in the event of any non-compliance.