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Reform to solicitors to give customers greater choice

From this January consumers and businesses should have found solicitors’ firms more competitive, more accessible and more efficient following new reforms to legal services.

Reforms to the legal sector are being accelerated by the addition of the Solicitors Regulation Authority to the licensing authorities for the new Alternative Business Structures (ABSs).

ABSs remove existing restrictions on legal firms allowing them to offer more competitive services to customers by joining up with other businesses, such as high street shops, banks and supermarkets, to offer legal services alongside other products.

Solicitors who want to take advantage of the new systems can apply to the Solicitors Regulation Authority to be licensed to work as an ABS, providing choice for consumers in how and where they access legal services.

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