Amongst the first three ABS licences granted by the SRA in March 2012, is a licence to Bristol-based Co-Operative Legal Services.
Now it has been granted an ABS licence by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, it plans to offer a full range of consumer legal services in the near future and will enter the family law market later this year.
The Co-operative Legal Services will offer customers a service covering all areas of family law on a fixed fee, transparently priced basis and will also assist people through the provision of legal aid.
Eddie Ryan, Managing Director of Co-operative Legal Services, said: “When the Legal Services Act was first drafted it was envisaged that its enactment would enable consumer brands to enter the closed world of legal services, so this is an historic occasion not only for the Co-operative Legal Services but for all customers needing access to legal services in the UK.”