@StephenMayson

Independent non-exec director & strategic advisor; independent reviewer of legal services regulation @IRLSR; Hon Prof UCL; Bencher Lincoln’s Inn; wine fan

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Joined March 2010
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“Are you proud to be a lawyer?”. A new post, announcing the publication of the third report of the Independent Review of Legal Services Regulation (@IRLSR). It focuses on the meaning and implications for lawyers of ‘acting in the public interest’: wp.me/p1rQgF-1zy

“Are you proud to be a lawyer?”

Once, this was not a difficult question to answer.  When I became a barrister in 1977, my answer would have been immediate and unequivocal.  Like many of my generation, I was the first in the famil…

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For the diary: on Tuesday 18 March, I shall be giving a UCL lunchtime lecture on ‘Lawyers and ‘acting in the best interests of clients’’. It's online, free and booking details are at ucl.ac.uk/events/events/2025…

Lunch Hour Lecture | Lawyers and ‘acting in the best interests of clients’ | UCL Events

Professor Stephen Mayson discusses what it should mean for lawyers to fulfil their professional duty to act in the best interests of their clients.

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Our justice system's integrity depends on fair, transparent prosecutions brought in the public interest. But long-standing public concern exists about regulation of non-police & private prosecutors. An upcoming consultation will review the regulation governing these prosecutors.
White text reading 'New Consultation: Government to Review Non-Police Prosecution Powers,' featuring the logo of the Ministry of Justice and a silhouette of pillars at the bottom.

ALT White text reading 'New Consultation: Government to Review Non-Police Prosecution Powers,' featuring the logo of the Ministry of Justice and a silhouette of pillars at the bottom.

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Legal Futures@legalfutures26 Nov 2024
Ethical clashes can cause young lawyers health problems zurl.co/pNMk

Ethical clashes can cause young lawyers health problems

Having a professional identity as a young lawyer that does not align with the values of your law firm could turn “wellbeing issues into serious health problems”, a leading legal academic has warned.

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Legal Futures@legalfutures20 Nov 2024
Lack of sanction for costs draftsman shows “hole in regulation” zurl.co/uVYw

Lack of sanction for costs draftsman shows "hole in regulation"

A judge’s comments on the lack of recourse against an unregulated costs draftsman should focus minds on this hole in legal regulation, the Association of Costs Lawyers has argued.

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The Post Office Horizon scandal is one of the worst miscarriages of justice in modern English history. The Post Office Project examines the failures, its impact on victims, and lessons for the legal system. They're 2024 #ImpactPrize finalists! More: orlo.uk/B6zPp

Exposing the driving force of the Post Office Scandal | ESRC Celebr...

The Post Office Horizon scandal saw hundreds of sub-postmasters wro...

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Legal Futures@legalfutures30 Oct 2024
Blog: The SRA – an unprecedented crisis of confidence zurl.co/NJWD

The SRA – an unprecedented crisis of confidence

Be in no doubt that yesterday marked the deepest crisis that the Solicitors Regulation Authority has ever faced. It needs to show humility and accountability.

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Blog: Why it’s time to embrace health justice partnerships zurl.co/xDRi
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Not so much a ‘growing’ case as a fully fledged one now made out by @CommonsJustice, @CMAgovUK and @IRLSR?
Legal Futures@legalfutures9 May 2024
Chalk accepts “growing case” to review regulation of lawyers zurl.co/xqpM

Chalk accepts “growing case” to review regulation of lawyers

There is “a growing case” for a review of the regulatory framework created by the Legal Services Act 2007, the Lord Chancellor has acknowledged.

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Legal Futures@legalfutures26 Mar 2024
MPs’ support for Legal Services Act review divides opinion zurl.co/WJ8c

MPs' support for Legal Services Act review divides opinion

MPs’ backing for a review of legal regulation has split opinion in the market, pitching the Legal Services Consumer Panel and Professor Stephen Mayson against the Law Society.

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We have written to the Lord Chancellor @AlexChalkChelt with 8 recommendations to address the problems with the current regulatory framework for the legal professions. Read our letter here: committees.parliament.uk/pub…
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More support for the proposition that the 2007 Act is not entirely fit for purpose
Legal Futures@legalfutures22 Mar 2024
MPs: Case to review Legal Services Act “growing stronger and stronger” zurl.co/zsmQ

MPs: Case to review Legal Services Act "growing stronger and stronger"

The case for re-examining the regulatory framework created by the Legal Services Act 2007 is “growing stronger and stronger”, MPs have told the government.

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Two stories from me in @TimesLaw student pages today: firstly, why lawyers should study ethics. What we can learn from the Post Office inquiry. With @RichardMoorhead , Alan Brener @UCLLaws and current student Bayode Abass
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Legal Futures@legalfutures20 Dec 2023
Research: Consumers find multiplicity of legal regulators confusing zurl.co/cfaZ

Research: Consumers find multiplicity of legal regulators confusing

The public finds different regulators for different part of the legal profession confusing and backs the Solicitors Regulation Authority taking oversight of chartered legal executives.

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Mechanisms for enabling social mobility at the Bar already exist. Deferring call v unlikely to make any difference to mobility at all, but could certainly detract from overall diversity. Deferring call would transfer bottleneck to (unregulated) number of available pupillages
Legal Futures@legalfutures15 Dec 2023
Deferring point of call for barristers “could improve social mobility” zurl.co/HR6o

Deferring point of call for barristers “could improve social mobility”

Delaying the point at which barristers are called to the Bar until after obtaining pupillage could improve social mobility if it reduces the number of overseas students and “less able domestic...

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