The new president of the Law Society has pledged to promote the profession’s role at the ‘heart of society and commerce’, as she revealed plans for a new scheme to support conveyancers.

The conveyancing quality scheme, to be launched by the Law Society this autumn, will enable members of the scheme to show that their firm operates to a high standard.

Linda Lee (pictured) said: ‘I believe that the success of this scheme is vital to the future of the profession in the conveyancing market. It will ensure that firms of all sizes and types will be able to demonstrate the quality of the work they do to lenders, insurers and most importantly to the public.’

Lee, who is a clinical negligence and coronial law practitioner and was previously an in-house consultant for charity Action against Medical Accidents, took over from Robert Heslett as president last week.

She said work would continue on developing overseas markets for ‘our finest export - our legal services’.