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I agree with the sentiments of all earlier posters. Legal service users are unlikely to discern the difference between and implications behind appointing a regulated or unregulated firm and a gimmicky icon will not help them make the distinction. Such proposals will only lead to confusion and consumers being caught out (and suffering loss) on account of not appreciating that a particular firm they chose to appoint had no inherent in-built protection or indeed any obligation to conform to regulatory standards.

It is difficult to see what the logic behind the moves to deregulate certain industries and professions is (probably director's, board members, investors and possibly politicians financial gain). Deregulation will end up reaping disaster, as it did in the case of the construction industry, which has given rise to the atrocious and appalling Grenfell slaughter, with no party accepting responsibility for the carnage that ensued and the Government failing to see fit to blanket ban the combustible cladding materials known to have exacerbated the tragedy.