The opening-up of the UK's legal services sector in a process planned last year dubbed the "Tesco law" reforms by Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer has moved several steps closer following the supermarket's announcement that it has actually launched an online legal service.
Although the services offered by the Tesco Legal Store currently only cover will-writing, divorce, letting agreements, residential renting agreements and small business start-ups, these represent the precursors to a wider, more personalised range of legal services that companies such as Tesco hope to offer if the UK's rules on the ownership of law firms are reformed.
Although Sir David Clementi, who is conducting the review of legal services has played down this potential outcome, Lord Falconer this week welcomed the launch of the Tesco Legal Store as a step towards a more open legal sector, announcing that:
"I strongly support the private sector providing help to the public in accessing legal services. Tesco's new website provides their customers with easy access to self-help solutions to legal problems."
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