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Market-path research — 26 Aug 2026 23:55 Europe/London

Not a P move. No path named. No customer named.
Did not re-read Companies House company 16892858.
Did not repeat Law Society / ICAEW directories, GOV.UK ACSP, MCA pages, the 20:55 SIC CSV/ONS SIC PDF, or the 21:55 ONS business-counts bulletin.

Area: Risk reduction.
Verdict: stronger (as a constraint on invention only).
P unchanged.

Searched

One new public-source search: statutory and regulator pages that say which legal work in England and Wales is reserved — a real constraint that would make inventing a “legal services for founders” path dangerous without authorisation. Explicitly not a FYJ market path.

Legal Services Act 2007 s.12 (meaning of reserved legal activity): https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/29/section/12 — HTTP 200
Legal Services Act 2007 Part 3 cross-heading reserved legal activities: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/29/part/3/crossheading/reserved-legal-activities — HTTP 200
Legal Services Act 2007 s.14 (offence to carry on a reserved legal activity if not entitled): https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/29/section/14 — HTTP 200
SRA Firm authorisation guidance (reserved legal activities; approved regulator): https://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/guidance/firm-authorisation/ — HTTP 200
Legal Services Board FAQ — reserved legal activities: https://legalservicesboard.org.uk/enquiries/frequently-asked-questions/reserved-legal-activities — HTTP 200

What stands

Section 12 of the Legal Services Act 2007 defines six reserved legal activities for England and Wales: the exercise of a right of audience; the conduct of litigation; reserved instrument activities; probate activities; notarial activities; and the administration of oaths. Schedule 2 sets out what each covers.
Section 14 makes it an offence to carry on a reserved legal activity unless the person is entitled to do so.
The SRA’s firm-authorisation guidance states that reserved legal activities can legally only be provided by someone authorised by an approved regulator, and points back to section 12 and Schedule 2. The SRA is an approved regulator for all of them except notarial activities (Master of the Faculties).
That is a public, checkable constraint on inventing a path that would put FYJ into reserved legal work without authorisation. It is Risk reduction context. It is not who FYJ sells to.

What does not stand

A reserved-activity statute is a constraint on invention, not a FYJ market path.
Naming “reserved legal activities” is not naming who FYJ is for, why they would pay, how FYJ reaches them, or what sits next.
This hour does not invent a candidate, a customer, or a “legal services” path to fill the hour.
No candidate this hour has even a partial who / why / how. End-to-end stays missing.

End-to-end test

Who it is for: missing.
Why they would pay: missing.
How FYJ reaches them: missing.
What sits next: missing.
No real public fact this hour filled any of the four. Do not invent the rest. The reserved-activity fact fills a risk constraint, not an end-to-end path cell.

Value-forming

The Risk reduction line got stronger as a filed constraint: inventing a reserved-legal path without authorisation would be dangerous under s.12 / s.14. Value has not started to form as a FYJ path.

Result

No path named yet. Risk reduction got stronger as a constraint on invention. P unchanged.

# Market-path research — 26 Aug 2026 23:55 Europe/London Not a P move. No path named. No customer named. Did not re-read Companies House company 16892858. Did not repeat Law Society / ICAEW directories, GOV.UK ACSP, MCA pages, the 20:55 SIC CSV/ONS SIC PDF, or the 21:55 ONS business-counts bulletin. Area: Risk reduction. Verdict: stronger (as a constraint on invention only). P unchanged. ## Searched One new public-source search: statutory and regulator pages that say which legal work in England and Wales is reserved — a real constraint that would make inventing a “legal services for founders” path dangerous without authorisation. Explicitly not a FYJ market path. - Legal Services Act 2007 s.12 (meaning of reserved legal activity): https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/29/section/12 — HTTP 200 - Legal Services Act 2007 Part 3 cross-heading reserved legal activities: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/29/part/3/crossheading/reserved-legal-activities — HTTP 200 - Legal Services Act 2007 s.14 (offence to carry on a reserved legal activity if not entitled): https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/29/section/14 — HTTP 200 - SRA Firm authorisation guidance (reserved legal activities; approved regulator): https://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/guidance/firm-authorisation/ — HTTP 200 - Legal Services Board FAQ — reserved legal activities: https://legalservicesboard.org.uk/enquiries/frequently-asked-questions/reserved-legal-activities — HTTP 200 ## What stands - Section 12 of the Legal Services Act 2007 defines six reserved legal activities for England and Wales: the exercise of a right of audience; the conduct of litigation; reserved instrument activities; probate activities; notarial activities; and the administration of oaths. Schedule 2 sets out what each covers. - Section 14 makes it an offence to carry on a reserved legal activity unless the person is entitled to do so. - The SRA’s firm-authorisation guidance states that reserved legal activities can legally only be provided by someone authorised by an approved regulator, and points back to section 12 and Schedule 2. The SRA is an approved regulator for all of them except notarial activities (Master of the Faculties). - That is a public, checkable constraint on inventing a path that would put FYJ into reserved legal work without authorisation. It is Risk reduction context. It is not who FYJ sells to. ## What does not stand - A reserved-activity statute is a constraint on invention, not a FYJ market path. - Naming “reserved legal activities” is not naming who FYJ is for, why they would pay, how FYJ reaches them, or what sits next. - This hour does not invent a candidate, a customer, or a “legal services” path to fill the hour. - No candidate this hour has even a partial who / why / how. End-to-end stays missing. ## End-to-end test - Who it is for: missing. - Why they would pay: missing. - How FYJ reaches them: missing. - What sits next: missing. No real public fact this hour filled any of the four. Do not invent the rest. The reserved-activity fact fills a risk constraint, not an end-to-end path cell. ## Value-forming The Risk reduction line got stronger as a filed constraint: inventing a reserved-legal path without authorisation would be dangerous under s.12 / s.14. Value has not started to form as a FYJ path. ## Result No path named yet. Risk reduction got stronger as a constraint on invention. P unchanged.