Legal Services Act
Before the passing of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, solicitors had a near-complete monopoly on conveyancing work. The introduction of licensed conveyancers with the passage of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 did little to change the situation, with no great switch in conveyancing work from solicitors to licensed conveyancers. In an attempt to disrupt this monopoly and act on the conclusions of the Civil Justice Review, the British Government passed the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, one of the aims of which was to widen the field of who could become a conveyancer. As such, Section 34 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 established the Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board as a statutory corporation.