Month: March 2022

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has published its business plan for 2022/23. It focuses on strengthening progress in overcoming the nine challenges facing the sector identified in the ‘Reshaping Legal Services’ strategy and continuing to discharge its statutory functions. Activities include completing the review of the regulatory performance framework to ensure it is effective and…

Read LSB publishes plan to maintain progress on consumer-focused strategy in 2022/23

We met in person on 22 March for our third Board meeting of 2022 and dealt with a number of items that marked the culmination of some important workstreams. We also signed off our business plan for 2022/23 and the Office for Legal Complaints budget application for 2022/23. LSB Business plan 2022/23: maintaining progress against…

Read Chair’s blog – 22 March 2022

Following our virtual event last year, where we discussed the launch of our consumer-focused sector-wide strategy, the Legal Services Board is hosting an online event to reflect on the progress made so far and focus on what needs to be done to maintain momentum and drive change that makes a difference for people who need…

Read Reshaping legal services, one year on – a Welsh discussion event, 25 April 2022

Read LSB confirms re-appointments to the Legal Services Consumer Panel and the Office for Legal Complaints

Read LSB continues to push regulators to enhance transparency, improve performance and focus on consumers

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has appointed Dr Daniel Newman to the Legal Services Consumer Panel (the Consumer Panel). Daniel is a legal academic and has been a Senior Lecturer in Law at Cardiff University since 2015. His research focuses on access to justice. Daniel will take up the position on 14 March 2022. The…

Read LSB appoints Wales-based access to justice academic to the Consumer Panel