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The Legal Services Act 2007 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that seeks to liberalise and regulate the market for legal services in England and Wales, to encourage more competition and to provide a new route for consumer complaints. It also makes provisions about the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007. ==Regulatory objectives== Section 1 of the Act defines eight regulatory objectives: *Protecting and promoting the public interest; *Supporting the constitutional principle of the rule of law; *Improving access to justice; *Protecting and promoting the interests of consumers of legal services; *Promoting competition in the provision of legal services; *Encouraging an independent, strong, diverse and effective legal profession; *Increasing public understanding of the citizen’s legal rights and duties; *Promoting and maintaining adherence to the professional principles; The professional principles are:〔 *Authorised persons should act with independence and integrity; *Authorised persons should maintain proper standards of work; *Authorised persons should act in the best interests of their clients; *Persons who exercise before any court a right of audience, or conduct litigation in relation to proceedings in any court, by virtue of being authorised persons should comply with their duty to the court to act with independence in the interests of justice, and *Affairs of clients should be kept confidential. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Legal Services Act 2007」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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