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Legal Services Act - implications for the profession and the public

Date Published: 20-04-2009

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The Legal Services Act received Royal Assent on 30 October 2007. It sets out the framework for reform, which includes setting up a Legal Services Board and an Office for Legal Complaints and enabling legal services to be provided under new business structures.

Under this Act what are the implications for the profession and users of legal services, the consumer? To listen to what Russell Wallman, Director of Government Relations for the Law Society, has to say click on the green icon with the head phones to listen to the interview.

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To interview Mr Wallman please contact Melissa Davis, Head of Media and PR for the Law Society, on 020 73205811 or melissa.davis@lawsociety.org.uk

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