Approved regulators under the Legal Services Act 2007

"a regulatory body approved under the Act to authorise individuals or firms to undertake reserved legal activities; the approved regulators named in the Act are the Law Society (which will act through its independent regulatory body, the SRA), the Bar Council, the Master of Faculties, the Institute of Legal Executives, the Council for Licensed Conveyancers, the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys and the Association of Law Costs Draftsmen"

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