Speeches and presentations
Speeches and presentations made by LSB members and staff will appear here:
| Date | Speaker | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 May 2013 |
Chris Kenny | The Future of Regulation | Presentation made by the Chief Executive at The Law Societies Presidents and Secretaries Conference |
| 10 May 2013 |
Chris Kenny | Regulation of costs lawyers and the costs profession | Presentation made by the Chief Executive at the Association of Costs Lawyers Annual Conference |
| 19 March 2013 |
Crispin Passmore | Regulation for a diverse innovative sector | The LSB’s Strategy Director spoke at the Westminster Legal Policy Forum event entitled Innovation in legal services - technology, skills and new business models |
| 26 April 2013 |
Crispin Passmore | Independent regulation of legal services | The LSB’s Strategy Director spoke at a Regulatory Policy Institute conference on the future of regulation |
| 17 April 2013 |
Chris Kenny | Legal Services Regulation – A model for Higher Education | The Chief Executive spoke to the Higher Education Commission inquiry into Higher Education regulation |
| 12 February 2013 |
Chris Kenny | Lessons from Legal Regulation for Leveson | The Chief Executive speaks at the Regulatory Policy Institutes Hertford Seminar in media regulation post-Leveson |
| 24 January 2013 |
Chris Kenny | Competition, Regulation and ABS | Presentation made by the Chief Executive to the Scottish Competition Law Forum |
| 23 January 2013 |
Chris Kenny | Competition in professions: the future of the legal services market | The Chief Executive’s response to the keynote speech on the future of the legal services market delivered by Philip Collins, Chairman of the Office of Fair Trading |
| October 2012 |
Chris Kenny | Getting the incentives right | Speech made by LSB Chief Executive to the Westminster Legal Policy Forum event: Alternative business structures and the legal services market - impact one year on and future challenges. |
| September 2012 |
Alex Roy | Acess to Transactional Justice presentation | Presentation made by LSB Head of Development and Research at the LSRC conference. |
September 2012 |
Rob Cross | Access to Justice Measurement presentation | Presentation made by LSB Research Project Manager at the LSRC conference. |
| July 2012 | David Edmonds | Regulatory standards and assessing regulatory performance | Article by LSB Chairman for the Law Society’s Legal Compliance Bulletin. |
| July 2012 | Chris Kenny | Market impacts of the Legal Services Act | Opinion piece by LSB Chief Executive for first edition of Modern Law Magazine |
| 11 July 2012 | Alex Roy | Access to Justice: What role for the internet? | Article by LSB Head of Development and Research for www.thejusticegap.com. |
| 11 July 2012 | Alex Roy | Regulation: the future workforce | Presentation by LSB Head of Development and Research on the future workforce |
| 10 May 2012 | David Edmonds | Quality and standards in a liberalised market | LSB Chairman addresses the enforcement of regulatory standards in a liberalised market. |
| 22 March 2012 | David Edmonds | Eldon Lecture on workforce diversity | LSB Chairman sets out the Board’s position on measures to bring about a step-change in diversity and social mobility in the workforce |
| 06 September 2011 | Chris Kenny | Chief Executive speech to Westminster Legal Policy Forum | Chris Kenny makes remarks on the LSB’s current thinking on ensuring regulatory standards and addressing changes in the market. |
| 19 May 2011 | Alex Roy | Reserved and unreserved lawyers’ activities | Presentation made to the joint LSB/Legal Policy Institute Research Seminar on Reserved Activities. |
| 14 April 2011 | Alex Roy | Reserved and unreserved lawyers’ activities | Presentation made on the future landscape of reserved and unreserved legal activities. |
| 18 March 2011 | Chris Kenny | Address to the Federation of Law Societies of Canada | The Chief Executive speaks to an international audience on the progress made in England and Wales on regulatory reform. |
| 11 March 2011 | Crispin Passmore | Cost Lawyers and the New Regulatory Framework | Address to ACL conference on the changing regulatory landscape for legal services |
| 03 March 2011 | David Edmonds | Chairman’s address to Lincoln’s Inn | The Chairman outlines the changing environment for education and training of lawyers. |
| 17 February 2011 | Chris Kenny | Association of Costs Lawyers ceremony | The Chief Executive speaks at the ACL renaming ceremony on the role played by Costs Lawyers. |
| 19 November 2010 | David Edmonds | Lord Upjohn lecture 2010 | David Edmonds assesses the fitness of education and training in equipping the workforce of the future. |
| 06 October 2010 | Chris Kenny | Chief Executive addresses Society of Black Lawyers and National Union of Students liberation campaign | Chris Kenny delivers remarks focusing on the role of transparency with workforce data in promoting diversity |
| 25 October 2010 | David Edmonds | Remarks to Hildebrandt Institute conference | Chairman sets out commercial opportunities for lawyers in the changing landscape |
| 15 October 2010 | Chris Kenny | International conference on the future of legal education (pdf, 86kb) | Chris Kenny outlines the challenges for legal education in a changing market in a speech to a conference convened by Harvard and New York law schools entitled Future Ed: New Business Models for Legal Education. |
| 15 October 2010 | David Edmonds | RIAD Conference 2010 (pdf, 86kb) | Chairman addresses international audience on advances in regulation in England and Wales. |
| 15 July 2010 | Chris Kenny | Address to Annual International Regulatory Symposium | The Chief Executive puts forward thinking on measuring the impact and effectiveness of regulation. |
| 25 June 2010 | Chris Kenny | Address to AvMA conference | The Chief Executive addresses the Annual Clinical Negligence Conference run by AvMA. |
| 9 June 2010 | David Edmonds | Address to the Council of The Law Society | Full text of the Chairman's remarks to Council at The Law Society made on 8 June 2010. |
| 11 March 2010 | Chris Kenny | In-house lawyers and the new regulatory framework | The Chief Executive delivers a seminar to in-house lawyers on how the new regulatory framework will impact on their working models. |
| 26 February 2010 | Chris Kenny | Building capacity in the workforce | The Chief Executive addresses the Legal Practice Management Association on quality, the changing landscape and diversity. |
| 24 November 2009 | David Edmonds | Speech by the Chair to the Butterworths Legal Services Act conference outlining the LSB’s progress against the 2009-10 Business Plan and previewing next steps (pdf, 45kb) | Full text released of Chair’s remarks to the Butterworths conference on the Legal Services Act |
| 23 September 2009 | David Edmonds | A speech made to the annual luncheon of the Institute of Legal Cashiers and Administrators (pdf, 96kb) | David Edmonds sets out the opportunities for providers of legal services that will be created by Alternative Business Structures, whilst mapping out next steps. |
| 15 September 2009 | Chris Kenny | Oversight regulation in the UK - Rationale, Progress and Challenges (pdf, 161kb) | Chris Kenny outlines the challenges and opportunities offered by the UK regulatory landscape to an international audience at the Conference of Regulatory Officers, Perth, Australia. |
| 11 September 2009 | Chris Kenny | The paradoxes of regulatory reform (pdf, 301kb) | Chris Kenny discusses the four paradoxes of reform of legal services regulation in England and Wales. |
| 02 June 2009 | Chris Kenny | Managing the Total Regulatory Burden and Raising Standards in Regulation in the 21st Century (pdf, 231kb) | Chris Kenny outlines the challenges that underpin the creation of the Legal Services Board, highlighting how its mission can both improve consumers' experience of legal services whilst also providing lessons for regulators in other sectors. |
| 02 June 2009 | Chris Kenny | Implementing The Legal Services Act (pdf, 112kb) | The LSB Chief Executive outlines how the Legal Services Act 2007 will be implemented. |
| 24 April 2009 | Chris Kenny | Independent Regulation and Widening Access to Justice (pdf, 145kb) | The LSB Chief Executive talks about the role of the LSB and its objectives for the year ahead. |
| 14 May 2009 | David Edmonds | Widening access to the legal services market (pdf, 221kb) | David Edmonds delivered a speech today at Legal Week’s “Future of Legal Services Forum” outlining the LSB’s vision for the implementation of Alternative Business Structures. |
| 07 October 2008 | David Edmonds | Law Society Council (pdf, 20kb) | The LSB Chair talks about the importance of regulatory independence. |
| 25 September 2008 | David Edmonds | Law Society Breakfast (pdf, 25kb) | The LSB Chair focuses on the challenges ahead, including a focus on ABS and regulatory independence. |