As Parliament prepares far-reaching reforms for the legal profession in the United Kingdom, the British government is refusing to yield to growing pressure from the U.K.’s legal profession to amend a highly controversial aspect of the pending legislation, the Legal Services Bill. If the government gets its way, it would control appointments to the Legal Services Board, a new regulator created to police the profession.
The U.K. legal market is concerned about the provision’s possible impact on the profession’s independence. On June 1, in a show of unanimity unusual among the U.K.’s largest firms, the senior partners of the five Magic Circle firms and Geoffrey Vos QC, the chairman of the Bar Council of England and Wales, wrote to junior finance minister Ed Balls to register their strong disapproval.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
