The Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, has never sought to disguise his views on regulation of the legal profession. Three years ago, the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) described the system as “outdated, over-complex and insufficiently accountable or transparent”, and Charlie Falconer appointed Sir David Clementi to propose some reforms – which he did, to general acclaim, in December 2004.
Now the DCA has published a draft Legal Services Bill. The Bill is based on Clementi, but does differ from his report in some important respects.
