Summary
Since 2001 the ways in which legal services have been bought and sold has come under increasing government scrutiny and been the subject of several major reports.
These reports have resulted in the Legal Services Bill which received Royal Assent in October last year. The Bill promotes increased innovation and competition among law practices and includes a radical proposed move to allow non-lawyers to own and operate law firms for the first time.See the full content of this document
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Helping Lawyers to Beat Competition
This potentially paves the way for a new era of so-called "Tesco law", with supermarkets and other organisations being able to offer legal services for the first time. With such organisations potentially being able to employ their own legal staff, High Street law...
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