Month: October 2018


[Decision notice] CILEx Regulation application for the approval of changes to regulatory arrangements to introduce the CILEx Regulation Transparency Rules

The Legal Services Board has granted an application from CILEx Regulation for the approval of changes to regulatory arrangements to introduce the CILEx Regulation Transparency Rules.

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LSB issues second assessment of regulators’ transparency action plans

The Legal Service Board publishes today its progress report on the commitments given by regulators to increase transparency of the prices of legal services in response to the final report of the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) legal services market study. Our main conclusion is that we consider that the regulators collectively have made substantial progress in…

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LSB approves BSB changes to its professional misconduct standard of proof

The Legal Services Board (LSB), in accordance with its statutory powers, has granted the application of theBar Standards Board (BSB) to amend the standard of proof applied during professional misconduct proceedings. Legal Services Board Chief Executive, Neil Buckley said: “We have agreed a rule change application from the BSB, which brings their approach on assessing professional misconduct into line with that…

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[Decision notice] BSB application for the approval of amendments to the standard of proof applied during professional misconduct proceedings.

The Legal Services Board has granted an application from the Bar Standards Board for the approval of amendments to the standard of proof applied during professional misconduct proceedings

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