Legal & regulatory notice
- Access Legal from Shoosmiths is a trading name of Shoosmiths which is a partnership constituted under the laws of England & Wales.
- All Shoosmiths' partners are solicitors authorised to practice in England & Wales and a list of the partners is available for inspection at any of our offices.
- Shoosmiths is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in the United Kingdom under practice number 55171. Our professional rules are set out in the SRA Code of Conduct 2011 a copy of which can be accessed, in English, from the Solicitors Regulation Authority website at http://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/handbook/code/content.page
- The addresses and contact information for each of our offices can be found under the "Contact us" section of our website.
- Shoosmiths is registered for VAT purposes with VAT registration number GB119 5708 56
- Shoosmiths maintains worldwide professional liability insurance. The insurer is Allianz Global Corporate & Speciality AG and they can be contacted at 27 Leadenhall Street, London EC3A 1AA.
- Shoosmiths is not authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to provide investment advice, but we are able in certain circumstances to offer a limited range of investment services to clients because we are members of the Law Society (a Designated Professional Body). We can provide these investment services if they are an incidental part of the professional services we have been engaged to provide. Whilst the Law Society is the Designated Professional Body, responsibility for regulation is with the Solicitors Regulation Authority and complaints handling with the Legal Ombudsman.
- Shoosmiths is not authorised by the Financial Services Authority. However we are included on the register maintained by the Financial Services Authority so that we can carry on insurance mediation activity, which is broadly the advising on, selling and administration of insurance contracts. This part of our business, including arrangements for complaints or redress if something goes wrong, is regulated by The Solicitors Regulation Authority. The register can be accessed via the Financial Services Authority website at www.fsa.gov.uk/register
