Independent Review of Legal Services Regulation

@CommonsJustice Committee tells Lord Chancellor “it would be wrong for the Government to ignore the conclusion of Professor Stephen Mayson’s independent review”: committees.parliament.uk/committee/102/…

For the diary: on Tuesday 18 March, I shall be giving a UCL lunchtime lecture on ‘Lawyers and ‘acting in the best interests of clients’’. It's online, free and booking details are at ucl.ac.uk/events/events/…

MPs’ support for Legal Services Act review divides opinion zurl.co/WJ8c

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Good to see @CLConveyancers move on this. Reflects @StephenMayson’s conclusion in @IRLSR supplementary report on consumer harm (2022: page 135) that “providers of legal services should be subject to a positive duty of fair dealing”.

Great that @LSB_EngandWal is taking an interest in this area which I hope will drive change.

@HazelGenn: "I've spent over five years campaigning for increased connections between health services and access to free #legal advice. Having a legal problem you cannot resolve can cause stress and can exacerbate existing health conditions." #RacialJustice22

🤞🏻I was privileged to serve on @MoJGovUK Bellamy review of criminal legal aid: system desperately needs better funding. But @IRLSR recommendations could help address some challenges of civil legal aid (eg scope & cost) as well as support rule of law & #A2J

A new post by me: The fig-leaf of protection for consumer harm. Announces the publication of a supplementary report to the @IRLSR stephenmayson.com/2022/04/21/the…

Regulation of legal services in England & Wales needs to be reformed to address an ever-increasing level of unmet legal need, which is the sector's greatest challenge, argues a new report by Professor @StephenMayson @UCLLaws ucl.ac.uk/news/2022/apr/…

@CMAgovUK expresses broad support for Prof @StephenMayson’s proposals in @IRLSR, and presses for short-term creation of a mandatory public register of unauthorised providers and the extension of consumer redress

Blog: Counterfactual: the @FRCnews Code and @IRLSR S4.12 together prevent the collapse of Carillion ciaranfenton.wordpress.com/2020/11/17/cou… via @leilatavakoli

SRA eyes “activity based licences” and scheme for unregulated providers ow.ly/zJKq30rhtc0

We've published our submission to the CMA's call for inputs as part of their review of the 2016 market study into the legal services sector ow.ly/eKQd50BGi93

Company lawyers open to idea of regulating in-house departments ow.ly/ecFH50BDUDx

V Helpful o/view by @CrispinPassmore re progress since LSA07; he backs one regulator as per @IRLSR @StephenMayson and “choice”; I would have liked more analysis re in-house, rule of law, ethics/ESG; but I accept that changes will be small changes over time. #SmallChangeInHouse