The Legal Services Board (LSB) has published its annual assessment of the performance of eight legal services regulators (PDF). Each body regulates different types of lawyers and carries out its responsibilities differently. However, they have the same obligations under the Legal Services Act 2007. They are expected to demonstrate how they put consumers, the public…
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The Legal Services Board (LSB) has today launched a consultation on its draft business plan and budget for 2023/24 to drive forward its ambition to deliver a legal services market that better meets society’s needs. Covering the third year of our Reshaping Legal Services strategy, the plan sets out our planned work for April 2023…
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This was our last Board meeting of 2022, and it was a coming together of a number of work strands which have been in development for some months now. Our focus as a Board continues to be on further advancing the Reshaping Legal Services strategy and addressing those challenges through innovative approaches. Significantly, exploring how…
New research by the Bridge Group explored Judicial Diversity Forum (JDF) officials’ views and experiences of the outcomes and impact of their diversity and inclusion initiatives. The research analysed the aims of activities and if they had reached the people they were intended to benefit. It also considered the extent to which partners’ activities complemented…
The Legal Services Board has submitted evidence (PDF) to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee on the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill. Our interest is primarily in section 155 of the Bill, which would add a new regulatory objective to the Legal Services Act. We support introducing this new regulatory objective, which would…
Today, the Legal Service Board (LSB) published a new approach to regulatory performance. It invites the frontline legal regulators to take the lead on demonstrating that they are well-led and have an effective approach to regulating in the public interest. Effective regulation protects and benefits the public while supporting leadership, growth, and innovation. The new…
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Building on the momentum of the Reshaping Legal Services conference We started our Board meeting on 18 October 2022 by reflecting on our first Reshaping Legal Services conference last week. The theme was ‘A diverse public deserves a strong, ethical and diverse profession.’ Thank you to everyone who attended in person and online and contributed…
Our first Board meeting after the summer break was a valuable opportunity to take stock and consider the progress being made to address the challenges set out in the Reshaping Legal Services strategy and the areas we want to focus our attention on in 2023/24. We held a strategy session in which we considered a…
At the LSB we have started qualitative research into legal professionals’ lived experiences of counter-inclusive practices. This is with the aim of informing future LSB research and policy activity on equality, diversity and inclusion. One of our statutory regulatory objectives is to encourage an independent, strong, diverse and effective legal profession. This research will help…
The Legal Services Board (LSB) today announced that Elisabeth Davies has been re-appointed as Chair of the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC) for a second term of office. She will serve three years from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2026. Dr Helen Phillips, Chair of the Legal Services Board, said: ‘I am confident that…
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Reshaping Legal Services conference 2022: The public deserves a strong, ethical and diverse profession The Legal Services Board and the Legal Services Consumer Panel are holding the inaugural annual Reshaping Legal Services conference on Thursday 13 October 2022 at the King’s Fund in London. Professional ethics and the rule of law will be debated as the legal…
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