Petition · past parliament

Repeal part of the Legal Services Act 2007 to abolish the SRA and LSB

Closed 174 signatures

What the petition asks

The Legal Services Act 2007 imposed a highly complex structure for regulation of solicitors. It is expensive to run and gave the public no greater protections. If regulation can revert to The Law Society (supervised by the Ministry of Justice), the money saved can be used to finance legal aid.

Timeline

16 Sep 2016 Petition opened for signatures
16 Mar 2017 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 174
Status Closed
Opened 16 Sep 2016
Closed 16 Mar 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.