SRA sentiment data adds regulatory confidence to the wellbeing backdrop

Legal Futures reports that 51% of legal professionals held a positive view of the SRA while 34% did not, with negative sentiment up eight percentage points on 2024 results. Consumer satisfaction with legal services remained high at 89%, but consumer trust and confidence decreased and value for money was a weaker point. Although not a wellbeing study, the trust-and-regulation signal matters for wellbeing because professional pressure rises when regulatory cost, confidence and value-for-money expectations converge.