The government has dismissed peers’ calls for the urgent scaling back of the Legal Services Board and described current arrangements as ‘fit for purpose’.
Baroness Deech, chair of the Bar Standards Board, yesterday told a House of Lords debate the self-regulator had gone beyond its remit and worked against mobility and diversity in the legal profession.
She argued that the LSB simply added to the ‘maze of regulation’ created by the Legal Services Act and duplicated the work of other regulators.
Solicitors Sevenoaks
