Admission to practise in England & Wales
Admission to practise in England and Wales is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) which is the independent regulatory body of the Law Society of England and Wales.
Foreign lawyers, who have been admitted to practise law in Australia, must satisfy the SRA that they have at least two years of common law experience within the past five years. This experience must have been undertaken in three areas of common law and covered contentious and non-contentious areas of legal practice.
Eligible applicants are also required to successfully complete the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test (QLTT). The QLTT is a conversion test and covers four heads (subject areas):
- Head 1 – Property
- Head 2 – Litigation
- Head 3 – Professional conduct and accounts
- Head 4 – Principles of common law The SRA sets the QLTT specification.
The assessment is administered exclusively by SRA-authorised test providers. For details of test programmes and venues, you must contact test providers directly. There are five authorised test providers - Altior Consulting & Training, BPP Professional Education, Central Law Training, The College of Law and Oxford Institute of Legal Practice.
Before you arrange to sit the appropriate head(s) with a test provider, you must apply to the SRA for a certificate of eligibility.
Solicitors Regulation Authority
Ipsley Court
Berrington Close
Redditch B98 0TD
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0)870 606 2555
contactcentre@sra.org.uk
www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/qltt.page
Further information is available at the Solicitors' Regulation Authority website.
Information on the legal profession in the UK is available on Legal 500. A directory of UK firms is also available on Legal 500.
Test Providers
Altior Consulting & Training Ltd
136 Newport Road
Cardiff
CF24 1DJ
Tel +44 (0) 2920 451000
Fax +44 (0) 2920 459900
info@altior.co.uk
www.altior.co.uk
BPP Professional Education
Professional Development
The Granary
50 Barton Road
Worsley
Manchester M28 2EB
Tel +44 (0) 845 226 2422
Fax +44 (0) 161 728 3778
qltt@bpp.com
www.bpp.com/qltt
Central Law Training
Wrens Court
52-54 Victoria Road
Sutton Coldfield
Birmingham B72 1SX
Tel +44 (0) 121 362 7733
Fax +44 (0) 121 240 1088
qllt@centlaw.com
www.qltt.co.uk
The College of Law
Customer Contact Centre
The College of Law
Brabeouf Manor
Portsmouth Road
St Catherines
Guildford
Surrey
GU3 1HA Tel +44 (0) 1483 216216
Fax +44 (0) 1483 579558
QLTT@lawcol.co.uk
www.college-of-law.co.uk
Oxford Institute of Legal Practice
King Charles House
Park End Street
Oxford
OX1 1JD Tel +44 (0) 1865 260000
Fax +44 (0) 1865 260002
qltt@oxilp.ac.uk
www.oxilp.ac.uk