Independent Review of Legal Services Regulation

Review led by @StephenMayson, hon professor at @UCLethicsandlaw, @UCLLaws. RTs not endorsements

[Independent Review of Legal Services Regulation @IRLSR]

@CommonsJustice Committee tells Lord Chancellor “it would be wrong for the Government to ignore the conclusion of Professor Stephen Mayson’s independent review”: https://t.co/lZ2HFU035o

[Stephen Mayson @StephenMayson]

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 https://t.co/53ahd6XLSN

[Legal Futures @legalfutures]

MPs’ support for Legal Services Act review divides opinion https://t.co/V87Rciq6Zi

[UCL Faculty of Laws @UCLLaws]

We're delighted to share that UCL Laws has been ranked 1st in the UK for studying law in the Guardian University Guide 2024 🌟🎓

Read more: https://t.co/XLrK0gc5sS

[Independent Review of Legal Services Regulation @IRLSR]

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”.

[Legal Futures @legalfutures]

New duty on licensed conveyancers to treat customers fairly https://t.co/cStqgNKUpZ

[Iain Miller @IainGMiller]

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

[Law Centres Network @LawCentres]

@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

[Stephen Mayson @StephenMayson]

🤞🏻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

[Stephen Mayson @StephenMayson]

A new post by me: The fig-leaf of protection for consumer harm. Announces the publication of a supplementary report to the @IRLSR https://t.co/xYfhBiDYP2

[UCL News @uclnews]

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 https://t.co/8Ws9Gi1SRT

[Independent Review of Legal Services Regulation @IRLSR]

@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

[Competition & Markets Authority @CMAgovUK]

📃 We’ve published a review of progress following our recommendations in 2016 for the legal services sector in England and Wales.

Read more: https://t.co/MxYH6PKwUT

[Ciarán Fenton @ciaranfenton]

Blog:

Counterfactual: the @FRCnews Code and @IRLSR S4.12 together prevent the collapse of Carillion https://t.co/m59GOxMZ1G via @leilatavakoli

[Legal Futures @legalfutures]

SRA eyes “activity based licences” and scheme for unregulated providers https://t.co/X5PsdwlIIa

[Legal Services Board @LSB_EngandWal]

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 https://t.co/kb3p9r3L1E

[Legal Futures @legalfutures]

Company lawyers open to idea of regulating in-house departments https://t.co/EQJ5aRFmCd

[Ciarán Fenton @ciaranfenton]

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