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09 September 2010 / Rita Leat
Issue: 7432 / Categories: Features , Wills & Probate
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Regulation? It’s faster in Scotland. Rita Leat explains why

The debate for regulation of will writing rumbles on in England with a host of supporters for regulation, among whom the Law Society and the Fellowship of Professional Willwriters & Probate Practitioners have featured heavily, without reaching a successful outcome. Why is this? Perhaps, until the existence of the Legal Services Act 2007 and the establishment of the Legal Services Board (LSB) as an over-arching regulator for legal services, there simply has not been an easy vehicle that could make regulation happen.

Arguably the Legal Services Act 2007 creates the greatest changes in legal regulation for over a century and has opened up the access to the law. This will hopefully and ultimately change the way many people regard the law. No longer will consumers have to obtain their legal services from solicitors; other providers can now come forward to offer their wares. Enter stage right: the so called ‘Tesco Law’.

Consumer protection

There have been cries from within the industry in the past that have

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