New research from the Legal Services Board provides insights into the challenges people face when comparing and choosing legal services providers. This is partly because they lack the knowledge of what they need or how legal services work, and partly because the information is hard to find, inconsistent or non-existent. Sixty-nine members of the public…
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has confirmed that it will develop and consult on a more robust approach to ensuring lawyers remain competent throughout their careers. In a new report published today, the LSB notes that while legal regulators have comprehensive measures to make sure that legal professionals are competent when entering the legal profession,…
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Since June 2020, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has been tracking multiple data sources to provide the clearest picture we can of the impact of Covid-19 on legal services. Our Covid-19 research dashboard indicates the effect on demand for different legal services and the health of the market in England and Wales. England and Wales both entered…
In November 2020, the Committee on Standards in Public Life wrote to regulators to understand better how existing regulators are adapting to the challenges posed by AI. We responded noting the challenges and questions that AI poses for the legal services sector, and how our next phase of work will consider the role of AI,…
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has today published new Rules and Guidance to increase transparency on how legal services regulators spend practising certificate fees (PCF). Increased transparency will help empower those who pay the PCF to hold their regulator accountable for its expenditure. The proposals are designed to lead to a more meaningful debate on…
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We began our first Board meeting of the new year by reflecting on the webinar we hosted last week to share our State of Legal Services 2020 report’s findings. Over 120 people attended to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the legal service sector. Everyone agreed unmet legal need is a significant problem and that…
On 14 Janaury 2021, from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm , we hosted an online event to share the findings of our State Legal Services 2020 report and our draft strategy. Following the publication of our State of Legal Services 2020 report, we have developed a draft strategy for the legal services sector, which we are currently…
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has published annual reports on the performance of the eight legal services regulatory bodies. Each organisation regulates different types of lawyers and carries out its responsibilities in different ways. Nevertheless, they have the same responsibilities under the Legal Services Act 2007 (the Act) and are assessed against the same 27 outcomes…
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2020 has been challenging for people who need legal services and for some parts of the profession. The Covid-19 pandemic has strengthened our resolve to work with others to reshape legal services to better meet the needs of society. This blog outlines some of the projects we have collaborated with others on this year to…
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today published the findings of a review undertaken to assess the extent to which the recommendations in its 2016 Legal Services market study have been taken forward and the impact that these changes have had to date. Commenting on the findings of the CMA’s review, Dr Helen Phillips,…
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has published a new report on its enforcement activity. Their 2018/19 Upholding Professional Standards report sets out the diversity profile, broken down by gender, ethnicity, age and disability, of individuals reported to the SRA, those taken forward for investigation and those against whom an action was taken by either the…
Read LSB response to the SRA’s report on enforcement activity and diversity monitoring
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