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The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s free public list of solicitors and firms allowed to practise in England and Wales. AI answers checked on 3 October 2026 named 93 firms; 89 matched it, but 1 of 15 answers linked it.
The number: AI solicitor recommendations vs the SRA register.
What it means in practice
The mistake is treating directory rankings, awards and review scores as proof a firm can act for you. None of them is a regulator. The register is the one source that says a firm is allowed to practise.
The move is to search the firm on the register before you instruct it, and check the firm’s site shows the SRA’s clickable badge. In Scotland the register is the Law Society of Scotland’s.
Whito stage: Any stage. Check the register whenever you instruct a firm, new or repeat.
The numbers to hold onto
- 4 of 15 English AI answers told the reader to check the register. AI solicitor recommendations vs the SRA register.
- Across six cities the engines named 96 different firms, and only one was named by all three in the same city. AI solicitor recommendations vs the SRA register.
- Asked for a dentist, one AI answer in 18 pointed to the GDC register. AI dentist recommendations vs the GDC register.
Where to go next
Related: GDC register, The register-confirmed share, AI recommendation