Today, the Legal Services Board (LSB) launched a public consultation on a new approach to regulatory performance. The new system places greater emphasis on leadership, delivering the regulatory objectives and running effective operations. While it sets out the LSB’s expectations more clearly than ever before, it also provides much greater freedom to regulators to decide…
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…
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
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
Our second Board Meeting of 2022 took place on Tuesday 1 March. We dedicated the first half to considering some of the significant challenges facing the sector and issues we plan to address in the coming year. This strategy session allowed us to step back, think about some projects at an early stage, and reflect…
Our first Board Meeting of the year focused on some of the projects and activities that will ensure we continue driving progress against the sector’s challenges during 2022 and beyond. Legal technology: promoting innovation while managing risks We started our discussion on technology and innovation by reflecting on the work that we and others are…
Today, the Legal Services Board (LSB) confirmed the re-appointment of David Abbott as a Member of the Legal Services Consumer Panel. The re-appointment will start on 1 April 2022 for three years until 31 March 2025. David’s initial three-year term ran from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2022. The LSB has also confirmed the…
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has published its annual report on the performance of the eight legal services regulatory bodies. Each organisation regulates different types of lawyers and carries out its responsibilities differently. However, they have the same obligations under the Legal Services Act 2007 and are expected to demonstrate how they put the regulatory…
Please note that the Legal Services Board is closed from Friday 24 December 2021 and will open again on Tuesday 4 January 2022. Best wishes for the holiday season.
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