SCHEDULE 6 Alteration of Reserved Legal Activities
Legal Services Act 2007 (2007 c 29) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 6 Alteration of Reserved Legal Activities

Sections 24 and 26

Introductory

1

In this Schedule, in relation to an activity—

“section 24 investigation†means an investigation held with a view to determining whether or not the Board should make a recommendation in respect of the activity for the purposes of section 24 (recommendations and orders to extend the reserved legal activities);

“section 26 investigation†means an investigation held with a view to determining whether or not the Board should make a recommendation in respect of the activity for the purposes of section 26 (recommendations that an activity should cease to be a reserved legal activity).

Requests for Board to hold a full investigation

2

(1)     A person may—

(a)     request the Board to hold a section 24 investigation in respect of an activity, or

(b)     request the Board to hold a section 26 investigation in respect of an activity.

(2)     A request under sub-paragraph (1) must be in writing and specify the activity to which it relates.

(3)     In the case of a request for a section 24 investigation, the activity in respect of which the request is made must be a legal activity.

Board's

Powered by Lexis+®
 

Popular documents

LEXISNEXIS

Directors’ remuneration

Directors’ remunerationCompany directors are not, by virtue only of their office as director, automatically entitled under company law to remuneration for services as a director or to reimbursement of expenses incurred in rendering such services. Power to pay directors remuneration for their

LEXISNEXIS

Common law offence of false imprisonment

Common law offence of false imprisonmentThe offence of false imprisonmentFalse imprisonment is a common law offence but it is more common as a civil action in tort (see Practice Note: False imprisonment).It is triable only on indictment. It may be classified in class 2A, 2B or 3 in accordance with

LEXISNEXIS

Section 2(1) of the Misrepresentation Act 1967 allows a claimant to claim damages for non-fraudulent

Section 2(1) of the Misrepresentation Act 1967 allows a claimant to claim damages for non-fraudulent misrepresentation, unless the representor can prove they had reasonable grounds for believing the statement to be true. If the representor had reasonable grounds for believing the statement to be

LEXISNEXIS

Possession of a bladed article

Possession of a bladed articleThe offence of possession of a bladed articleThe offence of having a bladed article in a public place can be tried in either the magistrates' court or the Crown Court. The magistrates' court will decline jurisdiction in those cases where it appears that its powers of