A new set of rules have been released by the Legal Services Board (LSB), which aim to clarify the separation between representative bodies and their regulators. The internal governance rules (IGRs) have been published following a series of public consultations that first began in November 2017. The rules which were released by the oversight regulator…
California continues to debate division of regulation and representation functions
The California State Bar has been investigating the potential division of regulation and representation functions over the past five years. The Governance in the Public Interest Task Force concluded in 2017, launching a five-year strategic plan to “successfully transition to the ‘new State Bar’ — an agency focused exclusively on public protection through regulating the…
Governance gone wrong: examining self-regulation of the legal profession
England and Australia have abandoned self-regulation of the legal profession yet Canadian law societies continue to function on this basis. This article argues that the self-regulatory model on which the Law Society of Ontario (the “LSO”) operates represents an inadequate form of governance in terms of the accountability it yields. When compared to other organizations, including law societies…
Profile of a regulator: Roscoe Banks
Roscoe Banks – Qatar Financial Centre Authority (“QFCA”) Role: Legal Director Background: Attorney, Webber Wentzel Bowens, Johannesburg; Solicitor, Harbottle & Lewis, London; Senior Legal Counsel, Shell International Limited Tell us a little bit about yourself… I’m currently in my 5th year of living in Doha, Qatar having previously worked in private practice and the oil and…