One of the main reasons behind the creation of the Legal Services Act was the then government’s perception that the framework for the provision of legal services in the UK was “out-dated, inflexible, over-complex and insufficiently accountable or transparent”(*). The then existing regulatory structure was then replaced with a new edifice that supposedly addressed these [...]
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Why Cull the Consumer Panel?
So, the Comprehensive Spending Review is almost upon us and the pips (not to mention other bits of the anatomy) are about to be squeezed tightly. There have been some victims already though following the“Bonfire of the Quangos” . No one was expecting The Legal Services Board’s (LSB) Consumer Panel, headed by would-be scourge of [...]
Freedom in Practice: Outcomes Focused Regulation
Outcomes Focused Regulation, or OFR for short, is the buzzword du jour at the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) at the moment. Charles Plant (Chairman) and Antony Townsend (Chief Executive) are conducting a series of roadshows around the country on the subject, which is promoted with the subtitle “Freedom in Practice”. This is the SRA’s proposed [...]
