Legal Reform Bill

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Session 1997-98
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Legal Reform Bill

This is the text of the Legal Reform Bill, as presented to the House of Commons on 1 April 1998.

Legal Reform Bill

ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES

PART I

LEGAL SERVICES

Clause

1. Access to Legal Services.

2. National Legal Service.

3. Legal Services Commission: constitution.

4. Legal Services Commission: duties.

5. Legal Services Commission: powers.

6. National Legal Service: funding and accounting.

7. Legal Services Fund.

8. Costs of successful unassisted parties.

9. Complaints.

10. Private work.

PART II

OTHER REFORMS

11. Minister of Justice.

12. Judicial Appointments Committee.

13. Parliamentary Committee on the Administration of Justice.

14. Barristers: abolition of restrictive practices.

15. Solicitors: removal of restrictive practices.

16. Barristers' and solicitors' fees.

17. Rank and title of Queen's Counsel.

18. Legal Professions Ombudsman.

19. Adjournments.

20. Courts martial and disciplinary courts.

PART III

GENERAL

21. Interpretation.

22. Parliamentary procedure for regulations.

23. Financial provisions.

24. Repeals.

25. Short title, commencement and extent.

SCHEDULE:--

- Repeals.

© Parliamentary copyright 1998
Prepared 6 July 1998