Keeping Your Entry on the Roll of Solicitors Up-to-Date
Being on the Roll of Solicitors is what entitles you to call yourself a Solicitor. Members are however reminded of their obligation to advise the Society of any change in their status in terms of
Section 8(2) of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 which requires solicitors to “inform them [the Society] in writing of his new address” on any change in their business address.
The Society regard 30 days as a reasonable period within which Members should intimate details of their new address with the date of change, and it helps to include any new e-mail address as well as any other relevant change in circumstances or status.
It is important that Members understand and appreciate the Society's duties in regard to maintaining the Roll of Solicitors both in the interests of preservation of Members’ rights and in the proper pursuit of those who wrongly purport to be Solicitors. There are many benefits to members and their firms/employers from an accurate entry on the Roll including reduced confusion at renewal and increased quality of communication from the Society as well as keeping costs down.
