Regulatory Disclosure
This disclosure explains Lawport UK's regulatory position in plain terms. It is not a replacement for our Terms of Business. The Terms of Business set out the contractual basis on which we work; this disclosure explains what clients and website users should understand about our status, limits and protections.
1. Why this disclosure matters
Lawport UK uses legal and commercial knowledge to support businesses, founders, directors and commercial teams. Because we are not an SRA-regulated firm of solicitors, there are important differences between using Lawport UK and instructing a regulated law firm.
2. Who we are
Lawport UK is a commercial legal consultancy for business clients. We are not a consumer law firm, litigation practice, conveyancing practice, probate practice or regulated financial, tax or immigration adviser.
3. Our regulatory status
Lawport UK Legal Ltd is not authorised or regulated by the SRA, the Bar Standards Board, CILEX Regulation, the Council for Licensed Conveyancers, the Financial Conduct Authority or any other legal services regulator for reserved legal activities.
References on our website to legal support, legal consultancy, legal review or commercial legal work describe the nature of the business support we provide. They should not be understood as a statement that Lawport UK is a firm of solicitors or authorised to carry out reserved legal activities.
4. Reserved legal activities
Certain legal activities in England and Wales are reserved by law and may only be carried out by authorised or exempt persons. Reserved legal activities include:
- the exercise of a right of audience, such as advocacy before a court or tribunal;
- the conduct of litigation, including issuing, conducting or defending court proceedings;
- reserved instrument activities, including certain conveyancing and land or property transfer work;
- probate activities, including preparing probate papers for a grant of probate or letters of administration;
- notarial activities; and
- the administration of oaths.
Lawport UK does not carry out reserved legal activities. If a matter requires one of these activities, you must instruct an appropriately authorised professional.
5. What Lawport UK may help with
- commercial contracts, supplier terms, customer terms, website terms, service agreements and business documentation;
- commercial negotiation support and risk review;
- business policy drafting and operational legal documentation;
- dispute prevention, settlement correspondence and debt or cash-flow related pre-action correspondence;
- contract management, legal operations support and commercial decision support; and
- general business legal support where the work is unreserved, unregulated and within our competence.
6. What Lawport UK does not do
- reserved legal activities;
- conduct of litigation, court advocacy or formal court representation;
- conveyancing, probate, notarial services or administration of oaths;
- immigration advice, criminal law, family law, personal injury, insolvency practitioner services, regulated financial advice, tax advice, audit/accountancy advice or regulated investment advice;
- client account, escrow, trustee, completion account or money-holding services; or
- guarantees of commercial, litigation, recovery, negotiation or enforcement outcomes.
7. Client protections and limitations
Because Lawport UK is not SRA-regulated, clients will not usually have access to the SRA Compensation Fund or the Legal Ombudsman scheme for complaints about SRA-regulated legal services unless a separate regulated provider has been engaged for the relevant work.
Lawport UK maintains professional indemnity insurance appropriate to its commercial legal consultancy model. Evidence can be provided on reasonable written request in relevant dispute, claim, complaint or insurer-related contexts.
Professional indemnity insurance is not the same as SRA-regulated minimum terms insurance and does not create SRA Compensation Fund or Legal Ombudsman rights.
8. No client money
Lawport UK does not hold client money, operate a client account, act as an escrow agent, receive completion funds or hold funds on trust. If a matter requires this, you must instruct an appropriately authorised provider.
9. Privilege and confidentiality
Lawport UK treats client information as confidential, subject to the exceptions in our Terms of Business and Privacy Policy. Because Lawport UK is not an SRA-regulated law firm, communications with Lawport UK may not attract legal professional privilege in the same way as communications with a solicitor or barrister.
10. When we may recommend a regulated adviser
We may recommend that you instruct an authorised solicitor, barrister, licensed conveyancer, insolvency practitioner, tax adviser, accountant, financial adviser, immigration adviser or other regulated professional where a matter is outside our service model, involves reserved or regulated activity, or requires formal representation.
11. Complaints
If you are unhappy with our service, please contact legal@lawportuk.com with a clear summary of the issue, relevant dates, documents and the outcome requested. Because Lawport UK is not SRA-regulated, complaints are handled through our internal complaints process.
12. Website information
Website content, guides, articles, templates, marketing material and general information published by Lawport UK are for general information only and should not be relied on as a substitute for matter-specific consultancy support or regulated legal advice.
13. Summary
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