Interview: Brett Dixon, president Law Society of England and Wales
Summary
Brett Dixon, the new president of the Law Society of England and Wales, says his priorities are access to justice and access to the profession, with a particular focus on disability inclusion. He also highlights the need for proportionate regulation, improved legal aid provision, and continued progress on digitisation and reform across the legal sector.
Why it matters
The interview touches on regulatory and access issues that affect conveyancing, legal services delivery, and the wider property transaction process. Surveyors may be indirectly affected by changes in legal aid, digitisation, and professional regulation that influence transaction timelines, client support, and market functioning.
Key points
- Dixon’s main priorities are access to justice and access to the profession.
- He supports understandable, appropriate and proportionate regulation, and welcomes the SRA pausing its separation proposals.
- He highlights disability access and the need for better guidance and workplace adjustments.
- He calls for government action on legal aid, court infrastructure and legal reform.
- The Law Society continues to support digitisation of conveyancing and will writing reform.
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