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Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill
Author: Angus Evans
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Published: Thursday 10 Aug 2023 (SB 23-29)
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Summary
Glossary
Legal services and legal service providers in Scotland
Legal services
Legal service providers
Regulatory objectives - consumer and public interests
Self-regulation, co-regulation and independent regulation
Alternative business structures
Regulation of legal services in Scotland
Reserved and unreserved legal services
Reserved legal services
Unreserved legal services
Regulatory bodies
Law Society of Scotland
Faculty of Advocates
The Association of Commercial Attorneys
Lord President of the Court of Session
Alternative business structures - licensed providers
Complaints
Complaints against regulated legal professionals
First tier complaints
SLCC is the single gateway for services complaints and conduct complaints
Sanctions for services complaints
Hybrid complaints
Handling complaints
Complaints against ABSs - regulatory complaints
Appeals
Complaints against unregulated legal professionals
Background to the Bill
Law Society and SLCC papers recommending change
Roberton review
Competition and Markets Authority Report
Scottish Government response to the Roberton report
What does the Bill do?
Regulatory objectives, professional principles, legal services and legal service providers
Category 1 and category 2 regulators
Applications to become a new regulator - accredited regulators
Regulation of legal businesses - entity regulation
Alternative business structures - licensed providers
Scottish Ministers' powers to review the performance of category 1 or 2 regulators
Complaints
Extension of the complaints system to unregulated legal services providers
First tier complaints remain
Single gateway largely remains
Commission permitted to initiate a complaint in its own name
Relevant professional organisations can investigate certain complaints on their own initiative
Hybrid complaint rules updated
Regulatory complaints extended to authorised legal businesses
Handling complaints and authorised legal businesses
Right to appeal to the Court of Session removed
Sanctions - services complaints
Sanctions - conduct complaints
Funding of the Commission - levies
Rules on monitoring and standard setting updated
Commission given new rule-making powers with the aim of improving complaints procedures
Protection of the title ‘lawyer’
Charities and reserved legal services
Legal technology and regulatory waivers
Confirmation agents and will writers
Annexe 1
Annexe 2
Annexe 3
Summary
Glossary
Legal services and legal service providers in Scotland
Regulatory objectives - consumer and public interests
Self-regulation, co-regulation and independent regulation
Alternative business structures
Regulation of legal services in Scotland
Background to the Bill
What does the Bill do?
Annexe 1
Annexe 2
Annexe 3
Sources
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