The Legal Services Board (LSB) today announces the reappointment of Annette Lovell and Jane Martin to the board of the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC). The OLC is the board of the Legal Ombudsman for England and Wales. Its board members are appointed by and accountable to the LSB, which can set performance targets and…
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LSB plans to galvanise efforts to reshape legal services A new report by the Legal Services Board (LSB) gives an in-depth review of the legal services sector following ten years of independent regulation. The State of Legal Services 2020 report is informed by data, evidence and conversations with a wide range of individuals and organisations…
Read Ten-year report reveals that the basic legal needs of many in society are still not being met
LSB directs the exemption from the requirement for LSB approval of CILEx Regulation’s Compensation Arrangements for 2021.
Read [Exemption Direction] Exemption Direction 166 CILEx Regulation Compensation Arrangements 2021
LSB directs the exemption from the requirement for LSB approval of alterations to the SRA’s Authorisation of Individuals Regulations.
Read [Exemption Direction] Exemption Direction 165 SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations
LSB directs the exemption from the requirement for LSB approval of alterations to CILEx Regulation’s Enforcement Rules.
Read [Exemption Direction] Exemption Direction 164 CILEx Regulation Enforcement Rules
LSB directs the exemption from the requirement for LSB approval of alterations to the SRA’s Compensation Fund Determinations.
Read [Exemption Direction] Exemption Direction 163 SRA Compensation Fund Determinations
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has approved the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) application to make significant changes to how people qualify as solicitors in England and Wales. The changes include the introduction of a new centralised assessment, the Solicitors Qualification Examination (SQE), and a requirement for a minimum of two years’ qualifying work experience (QWE)….
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LSB directs the exemption from the requirement for LSB approval of alterations to CILEx Regulation ’s Practise Rights Handbooks
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy’s ran a call for evidence on the recognition of professional qualifications and regulation of professions from 25 August 2020 to 23 October 2020. We submitted a response that sets out our areas of expertise and our position on regulatory reform.
Read Our response to BEIS’s call for evidence on the regulation of professions
This month’s Board meeting considered a number of substantial papers dealing with significant areas in the legal services sector. Following extensive engagement through the spring and summer with a wide range of stakeholders from across the sector, we discussed how the views and evidence we have collected is informing our “state of the legal services sector” report, which in turn will influence the strategy we are currently developing for the sector. We will…
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, we planned to hold our October 2020 Board meeting in Liverpool and to meet with local people from across the legal sector. Instead, on 19 October 2020, from 3.30 pm to 5.00 pm, we hosted an online event on the impact of Covid-19 on the legal services sector. The event was…
Read Online regional event: Liverpool and the North West, 19 October 2020
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is assessing the implementation and impact of the recommendations of its 2016 market study into the legal services sector in England and Wales. It launched a call for inputs on 9 September 2020 and invited responses from interested parties to the specific questions identified by Wednesday 30 September 2020….
Read Our response to the CMA’s review of the legal services market study
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