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FOCUS OF THE DAY: An influential Conservative MP has said he is “very keen” to see how the legal regulators could work “much more closely together”. Alberto Costa, a solicitor and member of the justice select committee, said that, “in the words of Michael Gove”, there was “a fear that the regulators are simply tripping over themselves”. Full story - Legal Futures
FOCUS OF THE DAY: An influential Conservative MP has said he is “very keen” to see how the legal regulators could work “much more closely together”. Alberto Costa, a solicitor and member of the justice select committee, said that, “in the words of Michael Gove”, there was “a fear that the regulators are simply tripping over themselves”. Full story - Legal Futures
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