The 2007 Legal Services Act set out the required regulatory objectives under broad - based principles such as protecting the interests of consumers, and then created the Legal Services Board to approve regulators that can show their regulations achieve those objectives. (gillianhadfield.com)
One recommendation, urging state courts to adopt model regulatory objectives for the delivery of legal services, was approved as ABA policy by the House of Delegates in February. (lawyer-monthly.com)
In particular the Law Society questions that approach as well as the impact of those changes on access to justice and on the effective defence of innocent and vulnerable citizens, as well as the impact on diversity within the profession and the need to meet regulatory objectives. (cardifflaw.org)