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(11) The issue of licences will re-
main under the control of the pro-
fession with very high standards of
examination and pupillage.
(12) The consumer must re-
cognise that he cannot have his
cake and eat it. Regulation and
competition are irreconcilable. The
recent dispute between the Office
of Fair Trading and the Securities
and Investment Board in the United
Kingdom has made this plain, if it
was not obvious before. Concen-
tration upon the high calibre of en-
try into the profession, that is to
say those licensed to practise law,
allows greater liberalisation of
regulation.
The above propositions in the
conclusion are put forward as a
basis for discussion and with no
pre-conceived notion that they are
a cure for all ills. It must be said,
however, that failure on the part of
the profession to recognise the de-
mand for commercialisation and on
the part of the consumer to accept
the risks of less regulation will
lower the quality of the lawyer and
destroy professionalism. By its
nature, a high degree of commer-
cialisation produces a high quality
product. That is what the consumer
wants and he will reward the
lawyer accordingly.
•
* David Biart is Co-Chairman of
Committee 10 (Professional Dev-
elopment and Technology) of the
International Bar Association's
Section on General Practice. This
article was first presented as a
paper at the SGP's 4th Biennial
Conference, Montreaux, June 1987,
at a Session of Committee 10. It
was published in the September,
1987 issue of the
International
Legal Practitioner,
and is reprinted
with kind permission of the author
and publisher.
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