26 November 2009
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has published new details on liberalising legal services.
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has published new details on liberalising legal services.
A consultation paper, Alternative Business Structures: Approaches to Licensing, published last week, proposes guidance to govern the licensing of alternative business structures, which are due to be introduced in 2011.
It includes a test to ensure non-lawyer owners and managers are fit and proper, and a widening of the complaints handling system to deal with firms that offer legal services alongside other services.
