Part 12: Miscellaneous Section 231: Review of governance etc of RICS Background
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is a professional body for surveyors. Its objective is to "maintain and promote the usefulness of the [surveying] profession for the public advantage in the United Kingdom" 1 . RICS commissioned an Independent Review into its governance and published a report of the review, led by Alison Levitt QC, in September 2021, which among other things articulated RICS’ responsibility to the public and the public’s "…interest in ensuring that RICS is well-managed."