The City of London Solicitors' Company is one of the 111

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of the

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. The company was formed in 1908; the City granted it Livery status in 1944. The company received a

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in 1958. Prior to 1969, when the City of London Law Society was formed, the company functioned as a law society for the city's

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s. Today, the company mainly functions as a charitable body. The company is not to be confused with the ''London Solicitors'' UK legal firm. The Company ranks seventy-ninth in the

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for livery companies. Its motto is ''Lex Libertatis Origo'', Latin for ''Law is the Source of Liberty''. The company is a member of the Financial Services Group of livery companies, the other 11 members of which are the Worshipful Companies of Chartered Accountants,

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, Arbitrators,

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, Chartered Secretaries and Administrators,

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, Information Technologists, Management Consultants, Marketors, Tax Advisers, and World Traders.

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The Solicitors' Company

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Solicitors 1908 establishments in England Legal organisations based in London Charities based in London {{UK-company-stub

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