Executive summary 
[123kb]
Section 1. Objectives
Section 2. Research
and Interview findings
[80kb] Background
Regulatory complexity:
the maze [392kb]
Overview of main concerns
about regulation
[150kb]
Main concerns about regulation
Section 3. Issues
to be explored in a Review of the Regulation of the Legal Services Framework
[346kb] Issues Map
SWOT analysis of issues
Section 4. Possible Approaches to the Review - constructing options
Option 1 - Costs and benefits
Option 2 - Costs and benefits
Option 3 - Costs and benefits
Option 4 - Costs and benefits
Section 5. 'Pricing' the Options Comparison of options
- main advantages and disadvantages
Economic analysis
Frontrunner options
Section 6. Overarching
considerations for the review
[252kb] Legal Constraints
International considerations
Corporate governance
Section 7. Conclusions
Appendix 1: Economic analysis underlying the regulation of legal services
Appendix 2: Regulating legal services, scoping study: breakdown of interview
data
Appendix 3: Regulators, interested parties and change
Appendix 4: List of Interviewees
Appendix 5: Functions of main legal services regulators
Appendix 6: International Considerations in the Development of Proposals
for the Overhaul of the Regulatory Framework for Legal Services in the UK
Appendix 7: Corporate Governance Issues for Lawyers
Appendix 8: Regulation
of Legal Services Framework Map
[392kb]
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