The Justice Committee will take evidence from professional bodies
and regulators during two evidence sessions in Parliament on
Tuesday,November 28 and Tuesday,
December 5. The Committee would like to invite
suggestions for issues to raise ahead of its two scheduled
evidence sessions on the subject.
Representatives from the Bar Council, Bar Standards Board, CILEX
(Chartered Institute of Legal Executives), CILEx Regulation, The
Law Society, Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and Legal
Services Board will answer questions from MPs.
The Justice Committee would like to hear from anyone wishing to
raise any issues or questions relating to the regulation of the
legal professions ahead of the planned sessions.
This includes: the performance of the regulators, the
professional bodies’ relationships with the regulators, the legal
and institutional framework that underpins regulation, the role
of regulation in supporting access to justice, how to improve the
service provided to consumers of legal services and the health of
the professions.
Legal aid is outside of the scope of these sessions. The
Committee is also not able to investigate individual or personal
cases. The Committee last examined the regulation of legal
services in June 2016.
Emails can be sent to justicecom@parliament.uk
by Wednesday 22 November.
Evidence session One: Tuesday 28
November. Witnesses (in person)
from 2:30pm
- 2:30pm-3:00pm: Nick Vineall KC, Chair of the Bar, Bar Council
- 3:00pm-3:30pm: OBE, Chair of the Bar
Standards Board and Mark Neale, Director-General of the Bar
Standards Board
- 3:30pm-4:00pm: Professor Chris Bones, Chair of CILEX and
Linda Ford, CEO of CILEX
- 4:00pm-4:30pm: , Chair of CILEx Regulation
and John Barwick, CEO of CILEx Regulation
Evidence session Two: Tuesday 5 December.
Witnesses (in person) from 2:15pm
- 2:15pm-2:45pm: , President of The Law
Society
- 2:45pm-3:15pm: Anna Bradley, Chair of the Solicitors
Regulation Authority
- 3:15pm-3:45pm: Alan Kershaw, Chair of the Legal Services
Board and Matthew Hill, Chief Executive of the Legal Services
Board
