Standards for Scottish solicitors

The attached documents outline the standards of the solicitor profession in Scotland.

In 2008, the Society undertook a review of standards with the aim of  better articulating to the public and profession the standards currently expected of Scottish solicitors.

Part of that process has been to make the conduct standards into practice rules. The profession approved the attached rules at the Society's special general meeting in September 2008. They were formally made by the Council and approved by the Lord President thereafter.

The standards of conduct are based on the former code of conduct and replaced the code on 1 January 2009. The section that deals with the drafting of wills was revised in 2010.

Also attached are standards of service, which the profession adopted at the SGM in September 2008.

To accompany the documents, the Society has produced a standards booklet.