The Law Society has claimed victory in its campaign to win global practice rights for UK lawyers after the European Union (EU) put legal services at the top of the agenda for the latest round of World Trade Organisation (WTO) professional services talks.

It emerged last month that the EU has placed legal services top of the list of issues to discuss in the latest round of talks under the WTO’s General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), ahead of other industries such as accountancy and engineering.

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