unqualified, inexperienced, and who
may have little or no idea what they are
talking about. Only certain areas of law
and legal practice, known as reserved
activities, must be dealt with by solicitors
or certain other types of lawyers such as
legal executives, licensed conveyancers,
and barristers. These reserved activities
include transfers of land, grants of
probate, litigation, and representing
someone in court. Other types of legal
activity, such as advising on a contract,
are unreserved.
Despite recent lobbying of the
Government to extend reserved
activities to Will-drafting, current policy
is not to extend the range of reserved
activities at all.
So why does any of this matter?
unregulated, the consumer may find that
their ability to gain redress is limited. Yes,
it may be theoretically possible to sue
for any loss caused, but (for example)
the Will-writing business may have
ceased trading, or the online document
producer may be based in another
country with poor access to its judicial
system. Similarly, it may theoretically
be possible to make a formal complaint.
However, there may be no obligation
on the unregulated body to &W7