The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has begun searching for a new chair for its board who will be responsible for overseeing its work.

The new chair, who will take up their post in January 2025, will lead the board in its role of providing direction and oversight for the SRA as it regulates more than 160,000 practicing solicitors and 9,000 firms across England and Wales.

Under the SRA's rules, the chair position must be held by a lay member – someone who is not a ...