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This month our panel members answer the question:

Will businesses use the new style Tesco Law or will they stick with their trusted advisors?



Steve Carter

Steve Carter
Baker Tilly


Many corporate lawyers think the threat of Tesco law doesn’t apply to them.  However, history has shown that customer loyalty can be tested in any marketplace.  Clients’ businesses are made up of individuals and it is the individuals that will make the ultimate decision.  read more


Jonathan chadwick

Jonathan Chadwick
Stephensons Solicitors


The opening up of the legal market will greatly increase the choice on offer for consumers of legal services.

For the consumer, this may enable them to have greater flexibility over where they obtain legal services, how they pay for them and how they receive them. For example, we are already seeing more online services and an increase in fixed price legal products.

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Phil Jepson


Phil Jepson
Jepson Holt


As a former lawyer I have no shame in answering the question in the following way:

“It depends”

In the short term the new entrants seem to be focusing on offering high volume B2C products and it is that part of the market that will feel the effects first. read more


Mark Iveson


Mark Iveson
Gateley LLP

 
With any controversial topic such as this, one must exercise caution and think clearly about what is being considered.
 
The above question is considering new players (supermarkets, banks) into the volume legal market (wills, conveyancing and everyday employment contracts). Looked at in this way, is Tesco Law a new phenomena, or merely different people doing what has been done before? read more


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