Legal Profession
(asked on 28th April 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of lawyers who have been asked to continue working despite being furloughed.
This question was answered on 11th May 2020
The Government has not made any assessment of the number of lawyers who have been asked to continue working despite being furloughed. Under the framework established by the Legal Services Act 2007, the legal services profession in England and Wales, and the bodies that regulate it, are independent of Government. The legal services regulators are able to take action if lawyers or law firms breach conduct rules.