SRA initiatives overview

Date: 20th January 2016 | Jurisdictions: England and Wales | Owner: Solicitors Regulation Authority | Tags: informal note, initiatives, policy

The SRA publishes its initiatives on the SRA website.

Members of the ICLR can log in for further insight, aimed at colleagues in the regulator community.

Innovating Regulation – Prairie Law Societies discussion paper

Date: 20th January 2016 | Jurisdictions: Alberta, Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan | Owner: Law Society or Saskatchewan | Tags: alternative business structures, entity regulation, initiatives, innovation, policy

This discussion paper focusses on entity regulation, compliance-based regulation, and alternative business structures. It reviews experiences in Canada, Australia, England and Wales, and the United States of America.

The paper suggests that there is a gap between the regulatory frameworks of the three states and the requirements of the current legal services market.

The discussion paper: Innovating Regulation

Publications page on the website of the Law Society of Saskatchewan