Four commitments. Four principles we will be measured against.

The Law Society should focus on the job it exists to do.

The Law Society’s essential responsibilities should guide its priorities, decisions and use of member fees. CORE supports a regulator that remains focused on competent regulation, public protection and the professional responsibilities assigned to it.

• Keep core regulatory responsibilities at the centre of decision-making.
• Assess all initiatives against the Law Society’s mandate.
• Focus resources on effective regulation and public protection.
• Explain how major priorities serve the profession and the public.
• Commission an independent review of Law Society bylaws and regulations to ensure requirements do not extend beyond the Society's core public-protection mandate.

Members should be able to understand how decisions are made.

CORE benchers will move immediately to end the routine use of in-camera sessions for substantive business and abolish unrecorded votes on policy and financial matters. Members have a right to a public record showing how their elected representatives voted, supported by published written rationales for major regulatory decisions.

• Provide clearer reasons for major decisions.
• Make relevant documentation publicly available.
• Explain when and why decisions are made in camera.
• Restore public records that were taken down, including the bencher voting record and the Regulatory Meetings discipline log.

We will restore accountability to the Law Society.

Accountability means more than making commitments. It means identifying who is responsible for major decisions, reporting openly on results, and responding when decisions are made privately or when existing rules are ignored.

• Establish clear responsibility for major decisions.
• Report on progress against commitments.
• Explain outcomes and corrective action.
• Apply appropriate consequences when standards are breached.

The Law Society should be governed with integrity and sound judgment.

Ethical leadership requires professionalism, fiscal discipline and responsible stewardship. Members should be able to trust that decisions are made carefully, transparently and in the interests of the profession and the public.

• Apply sound judgment to governance and financial decisions.
• Manage member fees responsibly.
• Maintain high standards of professional conduct.
• Treat stewardship as a core leadership responsibility.