Month: December 2025


LSB outlines plans as report shows legal sector’s progress – and challenges

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has today launched a consultation on its draft business plan and budget for 2026/27. Alongside this, it has published a report on the sector’s progress against the Reshaping Legal Services strategy.  Business plan 2026/27  The draft business plan proposes that the LSB implement its revised approach to oversight regulation. This will involve the LSB focussing its resources on regulators that underperform and reducing burdens on those performing well.   Meanwhile, the…

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Chair’s blog: towards a more diverse legal profession

This month’s Board meeting coincided with the launch of our consultation on encouraging a diverse legal profession. At the heart of this consultation is a simple but powerful principle: the legal profession should better reflect the society it serves. Greater diversity brings many advantages, not just for fairness, but also for improving the quality, reach,…

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