My firm practises only overseas, and has no office in England and Wales—how does the Legal Services Act affect me?
• You are affected only indirectly at present. Firm-based regulation does not currently extend to wholly overseas firms. However, the rule changes introduced for LDPs have meant some changes to rules affecting overseas practice—for instance, which overseas firms have to produce an accountant’s report (see rule 15 of the Code of Conduct). Whether you will be able to practise through an ABS in future will depend on a number of factors, including legal and regulatory restrictions on other jurisdictions. Did this answer your question?
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