Recruitment is underway for one non-lay and two lay members for the LSB Board. To find out more and to apply, please follow the links below: Non-lay member vacancy Lay member vacancy The closing date for applications for all roles is 26 September 2022 at 11:00. To find out more about being a Board member…
Today, the Legal Services Board publishes a new statutory statement of policy (PDF) on ongoing competence. It sets clear outcomes that the legal services regulators should meet to ensure that lawyers have the necessary skills, knowledge and behaviours to provide good quality legal services. The launch of the new statement is the culmination of extensive…
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The Board met on Tuesday 19 July 2022 for our final meeting before the summer. The role of Regulation and the Rule of Law Recognising the fundamental role that legal professional’s play in society, one of the projects in our business plan this year is on Rule of law. It will focus on defining the…
Responding to today’s publication of the official Diversity of the Judiciary 2022 statistics, Matthew Hill, Chief Executive of the Legal Service Board, said: “Today’s report underlines once again the need for concerted action to ensure that anyone with the right skills and talent can build a successful and senior legal career regardless of their background.”
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On Tuesday 5 July 2022 we hosted an in-person panel session on our recently published consumer vulnerability research, and discussion on how the sector can work together to design legal services that best meet individual, and wider society’s needs. We were joined by regulators, academics and consumer groups to hear from: Lucy Lea, Community Research…
We have heard from some businesses and individuals that they are concerned about the statements made today (12 July 2022, Determining the most appropriate regulation arrangements for the future) by CILEX and CILEx Regulation respectively regarding CILEX’s proposals to look at future options as to the discharge of its regulatory functions involving the regulation of Chartered…
Read LSB statement on CILEX statement to members and CILEx Regulation’s response
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The Legal Services Board (LSB) has published new research exploring the for-profit unregulated legal services sector. This is the first time the LSB has mapped the sector on this scale, and it suggests the number of unregulated providers comes from a pool of up to 208,000 firms in England and Wales. The sector is large,…
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Today, the Legal Services Board (LSB) published its annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022 (pdf). It describes the work completed and the LSB’s impact in delivering the first year of the Reshaping Legal Services strategy for the sector, published in March 2021. Some key projects and activities during the year…
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On Tuesday 7 June 2022 The Legal Services Board hosted an in-person breakfast event at DLA Piper’s Leeds office to discuss our new research on the social acceptability of legal tech. We were joined by people from different areas of the legal profession, including in-house practitioners, small and medium firms, those at the beginning of…
New research commissioned by the Legal Services Board (LSB) explores the vulnerabilities consumers face when they need and use legal services (pdf). It also highlights that the way lawyers engage with consumers can increase or reduce vulnerability. The research shows that, while it can be difficult for anyone with a legal problem to navigate the…
Supporting responsible use of technology that commands public trust Last week, the Board was delighted to meet a broad range of stakeholders in the Yorkshire and the Humber region. We are grateful to DLA Piper for hosting our breakfast briefing event in Leeds prior to our Board meeting on 7 June 2022. The theme of…
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