9 December 2020 – Consultation on draft strategy for the legal services sector and draft LSB business plan 2021-22
- Consultation document [PDF]
- Draft Strategy for the Legal Services Sector [PDF]
- Draft Business Plan 2021-22 [PDF]
- Our response to the consultation [PDF]
The consultation closed on 05 February 2021. The responses we received are below.
- Association of Consumer Support Organisations [PDF]
- Amanda Finlay CBE [PDF]
- Andrew Kerr [PDF]
- ARAG plc [PDF]
- Bar Council [PDF]
- Bar Standards Board [PDF]
- Birmingham Law Society [PDF]
- Chartered Institute of Legal Executives [PDF]
- CILEx Regulation [PDF]
- Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys [PDF]
- Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys [PDF]
- Council for Licensed Conveyancers [PDF]
- Countrywide Tax and Trust Ltd [PDF]
- Hook Tangaza [PDF]
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales [PDF]
- Intellectual Property Regulation Board [PDF]
- Junior Lawyers Division of Law Society [PDF]
- LawNet [PDF]
- Law Society [PDF]
- LawWorks [PDF]
- Legal Ombudsman [PDF]
- Legal Services Consumer Panel [PDF]
- Professional Paralegal Register [PDF]
- Solicitors Regulation Authority [PDF]
- Solicitors Sole Practitioners Group [PDF]
- Transform Justice [PDF]
There were two other fully confidential responses.
30 July 2020 – Consultation on proposed practising fee rules
- Consultation document [PDF]
- Draft rules [PDF]
- Draft guidance [PDF]
This consultation closed on Thursday 8 October 2020.
Decision document [PDF]
We received ten responses to the consultation, two from approved regulators and eight from regulatory bodies:
- The Bar Council [PDF]
- Bar Standards Board [PDF]
- CILEx Regulation [PDF]
- Costs Lawyers Standards Board [PDF]
- Council for Licensed Conveyancers [PDF]
- The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales [PDF]
- The Intellectual Property Regulation Board [PDF]
- Master of Faculties [PDF]
- Solicitors Regulation Authority 1 [PDF]
- Solicitors Regulation Authority 2 [PDF]
- The Law Society [PDF]
11 February 2020 – Consultation on the LSB’s regulatory performance framework and proposed regulatory independence monitoring
Consultation document [PDF]
This consultation closed on Friday 3 April 2020.