Among the Competition Authority proposals are:
The abolition of educational monopolies enjoyed by the King's Inns and the Law Society in respect of professional legal education
Removal or amendment of the rule requiring barristers to be sole traders
Either the broadening of the Bar Council's direct professional access scheme or the abolition of the ban on direct access by the public to barristers' services
Amendment of the restriction on the provision of conveyancing services by persons other than solicitors' firms and practising solicitors
Removal of the restriction on partnerships between barristers and solicitors
Removal of the restriction on lawyers holding the titles of barrister and solicitor simultaneously
Removal of all restrictions on barrister and solicitor advertising
Abolition of the rule which confines membership of the Law Library to full-time practising barristers