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What Act regulates the Legal industry, and made major reforms with regard to how services are provided and regulated? |
Legal Services Act 2007 (LSA 2007) |
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The three legal professions covered by the LSA are: Legal Executives Solicitors Barristers Name the 3 bodies that represent and regulate these three professions - remember each body has been split into 2 under the LSA 2007 reforms, so each body has its representative function and its regulatory function |
Cilex (representative) Cilex regulation (regulatory) The Law Society (representative) Solicitors Regulation Authority (reg) Bar Council (rep) Bar Standards Board (reg) |
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What did the LSA 2007 create to regulate the legal regulators (ie cilx reg, sra, bar standards board)? |
The Legal Services Board (LSB) |
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Sch 2 of the LSA 2007 lists what? |
Reserved activities ie: Rights of audience in court Right to conduct litigation |
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Who are the reserved activities in Sch 2 of the LSA 2007 reserved for? |
"authorised persons" So, those authorised by an approved regulator |
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The LSA 2007 also formed the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC) which forms the Board of what? |
LeO (Legal Ombudsman) - which resolves complaints free of charge in a fair and independent way |
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Which 5 types of people does Leo serve? |
Individuals Small businesses Charities Clubs Trusts |
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The LSA 2007 created ABSs. What are the 2 Alternative Business Structures it created? |
Legal Disciplinary Practices (LDPs) Multi Disciplinary Practices (MDPs) |
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When a chartered legal exec takes advocacy training (in civil, fam or crim) what do they then become? |
A chartered legal exec advocate |
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Which part of the LSA 2007 reserves the rights of audience and right to administer oaths, for Legal execs? |
s18 |
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What does it mean that a legal exec can administer an oath? |
It means that when a client is required to swear formally that a document is true, the legal exec can testify the oath was taken before them |
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Can any of the clx practitioners (immigration, conveyancing, probate) or a legal exec now run their own practice? |
Yes Regulated by clx regulation |
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What are some advantages to using arbitration? |
Its: Quick Informal Private (meaning parties can avoid any bad publicity) |
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Mediation means someone (possibly a lawyer but doesn't have to be) shuttles between 2 rooms of the parties to reach an agreement. Mediation makes it possible for parties to stay on relatively friendly grounds. Which 2 areas of law commonly uses mediation? |
Family Employment (usually facilitated by Acas) |
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What is a variant of mediation? And what is the difference between the two? |
Conciliation Difference is in conciliation the third party is more active. Meaning that they will make suggestions as to the solution. Whereas with mediation the parties make the suggestions. |
