Speakers at the event:
Lucy Neville-Rolfe CMG, executive director, Tesco Plc
Richard Fleck CBE, consultant, Herbert Smith
Professor Julia Black, London School of Economics
The issues discussed included:
- What are the key risks that regulators should be addressing?
- How can regulators address the different risks posed by different types of law firm?
- How can regulators avoid imposing unnecessary burdens on lawyers?
- What do lawyers need from their regulators - e.g. guidance, safe harbour advice?
- How do you balance certainty and flexibility within a series of outcomes?
- Is a situation whereby some providers are regulated in respect of all the work that they do, while others can be unregulated satisfactory? Does it need to be resolved?
- What level of publicity ought to be given to breaches of the rules/poor service?
- What should be the boundaries of legal services regulation?
More information on this legal breakfast is available in the flyer.
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