When you must apply for a Practising Certificate (PC)
A Practising Certificate must be applied for on or before 1 February in each year in order to be dated 1 January of that year and thereby operate as a qualification to practise from the commencement of the year.
It is therefore a legal requirement for a practising solicitor to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Registrar of Solicitors, on or before 1 February 2023, an online application in the prescribed form correctly completed and signed by the applicant solicitor personally, together with the full appropriate fee. The onus is on each solicitor to ensure that their application form and fee is delivered on or before 1 February 2023.
It is the responsibility of each solicitor to ensure that they log in to the Law Society’s website, make an application for a Practising Certificate and pay the full fees on or before 1 February of each year to ensure they receive a Practising Certificate dated 1 January of that year.
