This page explains the status of Phrasing Legal and Phrasing Ltd, the status of the solicitor leading the service, and important limits on the work supplied through the business.
Business status
Phrasing Legal is a trading name of Phrasing Ltd. Phrasing Ltd · registered in England and Wales
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Not an SRA-authorised law firm
Phrasing Ltd and Phrasing Legal are not authorised or regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority as a firm. They are not presented as an SRA-authorised law practice.
Individual solicitor status
Phrasing Legal is led by Muhammad Buland Arshed, a solicitor of England and Wales who is authorised and regulated by the SRA in an individual capacity. Individual SRA details: Please verify the individual solicitor on the SRA Solicitors Register..
The solicitor remains personally subject to applicable SRA professional duties when personally providing or supervising legal services. That individual status does not extend SRA firm authorisation to Phrasing Ltd and does not mean that every service or every person working through the business is regulated by the SRA.
What Phrasing Legal provides
Phrasing Legal provides clearly defined non-reserved legal services through Phrasing Ltd. The requested task is assessed before instructions are accepted because the regulatory boundary depends on the substance of the work, not merely the service label.
Reserved legal activities
The Legal Services Act 2007 identifies six categories of reserved legal activity: rights of audience, conduct of litigation, reserved instrument activities, probate activities, notarial activities and administration of oaths. Phrasing Ltd does not undertake those reserved activities through Phrasing Legal.
Immigration work
Immigration advice and immigration services are separately regulated. SRA guidance also restricts the circumstances in which solicitors may provide immigration work to the public. Phrasing Ltd does not accept substantive immigration work merely because Phrasing Legal is led by an individually SRA-regulated solicitor. Immigration work will be accepted only where the required lawful authorisation, registration or exemption has been specifically verified and the client is told which authorised provider is responsible.
Claims-management and financial-service boundaries
Claims-management activity concerning employment-related claims, housing disrepair, personal injury, criminal injury, specified benefits and financial services or products can require FCA authorisation unless another lawful regulatory route or exclusion applies. Certain consumer-credit, debt-collection, debt-adjusting, debt-counselling and financial activities can also require FCA permission. Phrasing Ltd does not undertake regulated activity unless the necessary permission or exemption exists.
Who provides the work
Before substantive work begins, we explain who will personally provide or supervise the service, whether that person is individually authorised, and the practical consequences for regulation and redress.
Professional indemnity insurance
Phrasing Ltd is not required to maintain the SRA minimum-terms professional indemnity insurance that applies to SRA-authorised law firms merely because the service is solicitor-led. Current insurance information: Before you formally instruct us, we will tell you whether the work is covered by professional indemnity insurance and provide relevant details about the cover.
SRA Compensation Fund and client money
You should not assume that the SRA Compensation Fund protects money or losses connected with services supplied through Phrasing Ltd. Phrasing Legal does not operate an SRA client account. Where a third-party payment is necessary, the appropriate payment arrangement will be explained.
Complaints and external redress
You may complain directly to Phrasing Legal using our Complaints Procedure. Where a service is personally provided by, or under the responsibility or supervision of, an SRA-regulated solicitor, an eligible client may have rights to complain to the Legal Ombudsman. The availability of that route depends on the circumstances. Professional-conduct concerns about an individual solicitor may be reported to the SRA.
Referrals and divided work
If reserved, specialist or separately regulated work is required, we may suggest an appropriately authorised provider. Any relevant referral fee, financial interest or division of responsibility will be disclosed where required and informed agreement obtained where necessary.