Law Society support scheme

The Law Society operates a scheme which can give support to sole practitioners and smaller firms to improve their practice following a failed routine review.  This scheme is intended to provide assistance to solicitors who fail a review and who want to receive help to introduce improvements prior to the next stages of the Peer Review process.

Solicitors who obtain the “competent plus” scores in their own reviews are asked if they are willing to be considered for providing this assistance.

When we intimate a refused routine review, the refusal letters include details of the Support Scheme and how you can seek support under the scheme. When contacted by a solicitor who has failed his/her routine review, the Society refer them to a Support Scheme Solicitor on a confidential basis.  The Society use a rota scheme to select the solicitor who can provide support. However consideration will be given if the solicitor who has failed their review wishes to use another solicitor for professional or personal reasons.