Legal Services Act 2007
The Bar Council has welcomed the Legal Services Act, which received Royal Assent on 30th October 2007. The Act, which was introduced as a Bill into the House of Lords in 2006, provides for new models of legal services delivery and will reform the regulation of the legal profession.
Below, you can read information and briefing notes issued by the Bar Council throughout the various stages of the Legal Services Bill.
The following briefing notes for the Committee stage are available below:
Legal Services Bill Commons Committee Briefing on Amendments to Clause 136
Legal Services Bill Commons Committee Briefing on Costs
Legal Services Bill Commons Committee Briefing on Amendments to Clauses 143 and 158
Legal Services Bill Commons Committee Briefing on Independence
Legal Services Bill Commons Committee Briefing on Intervention by the Legal Services Board
The Legal Services Bill was given a 2nd Reading by the House of Commons on 4th June.
The Bar Council produced the attached Briefing Note for Parliamentarians.
For a link to a transcript of the 2nd Reading by the House of Commons on 4th June, click here, and scroll down to column 24.
Geoffrey Vos QC, Stuart Popham (Senior Partner, Clifford Chance), Guy Beringer (Senior Partner, Allen & Overy), Guy Morton (Senior Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer), Tim Clark (Senior Partner, Slaughter & May), and David Cheyne (Senior Partner, Linklaters) wrote to Ed Balls MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury on 1 June 2007 regarding the Legal Services Bill. Click here to read the letter.
For further information about the Bar Council's position on the Legal Services Act 2007, please contact Mark Hatcher, Director of Representation and Policy by email, or on his direct line: 020 7611 1369.
