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Tesco is currently finalising the launch of its own legal services range, after calls from Lord Falconer’s for an improvement in the accessibility and affordability of legal advice.

Initially offering low price will writing and storage services, Tesco Legal will expand the offering to include a DIY divorce kit for just over seven pounds, which will end a marriage without the use of a solicitor or legal professional.

The well known chain is also looking at the possibility of introducing DIY letting agreements and bundles including any form required in order to start a limited company. These packs will be supplemented with a glossary of terms and an online Q&A service, which will help users with the often complex legalise.

Experts see Tesco Legal Store as a pioneer in this area and are suggesting that other high street companies will follow their lead, perhaps expanding on what Tesco are offering, especially in light of the ownership reform rules.

After a consultation document was announced in July 2009, Lord Falconer suggested that the so called ‘Tesco law’ would be a benchmark for legal advice being offered to the public via high street companies, although Sir David Clementi, who lead the consultation, played down the idea and branded the term ‘Tesco law’ a distraction from the matter at hand.

Whatever you want to call it the prospect of DIY or budget law is definitely a likely one, and if it is rolled out across more companies then the likelihood will be that fewer people will seek legal advice via the traditional channels, with many in the field raising concerns about the quality of this type of legality and urging the public to continue using reputable solicitors practices.

Despite this though, The Law Society, whose members are likely to be most affected by the reform, have said that they see Tesco’s legal arm as an “innovative addition to the market”, suggesting that they see room for both types of legal advice in the market.

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