This highly recommended book will prove a valuable resource for all scholars and practitioners
of legal services regulation, as well as anyone who wants to improve the practice of law.
In his book
on legal services regulation, Noel Semple posits that choice is a «key interest» of clients and that «clients are better off if they can choose between service options at different price and quality points, assuming that all of them meet a basic quality threshold.»
For more information about the development and implementation of
Legal Services Regulation by the Society, including a discussion of environmental and behavioural factors impacting ethical decision - making by lawyers, refer to «NSBS Journey Toward Transforming the Regulation of Lawyers: Are We on the Right Path?»
3) It's always worth watching
where legal services regulation in the U.K. is going, as well as the ongoing effort to apply A.I. in the court system and to move disputes online.
Foreword by Stephen Mayson, Professor of
legal services regulation at the university of law, and honorary professor in the Centre for Ethics and Law at University College London; non-executive director working with a number of law - related organisations; author of «Law Firm Strategy: Competitive Advantage and Valuation.»
Nova Scotia is setting a path but several other law societies are taking steps
toward legal services regulation, and we're all working closely together to develop a shared national vocabulary.
This is the historical tendency for policy decisions
on legal services regulation to be based on feelings (strange, I have always thought, given the centrality of reason to the lawyer's training and role).
In order to better understand some of the legal needs in the community and discuss the plans for a changed model
for legal services regulation, the Society and the United Way of Halifax will be collaborating on some community consultations.
The Society is making significant adjustments throughout its operations, in preparation for a new model
of legal services regulation in Nova Scotia.
Legal services regulation will not ultimately hold back this tide, nor should it in my view.
While not the focus of this column, there is also value in enhanced transparency in support of regulatory accountability and public confidence in
legal services regulation.
Legal Services Regulation at the Crossroads: Justitia's Legions.
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Legal Services Regulation: The Policy Framework.»
In most every jurisdiction, including Canada,
legal services regulation is very much based on jurisdiction — you must comply with the regulatory regime in the jurisdiction where you are providing legal services.
CLC chair Anna Bradley says: «We believe specialist regulation represents an important and successful alternative that should continue within any future structural framework for
legal services regulation.»
The Legal Services Regulation Bill is due to be enacted by the end of this year.
The compulsory levy to fund the Law Society should be dropped, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has said in its response to a Ministry of Justice (MoJ) review of
legal services regulation.
But as Edmonds put it: «We should remember that we exist because Parliament deemed that self - regulation had failed, because the public were no longer convinced that their interests were at the core of
legal services regulation or in complaints resolution.»