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The Legal Services Board (LSB) has today launched its Business plan for the year 2019/20, confirming three new policy objectives that will address key gaps in protections for and information available to consumers of legal services. The policy objectives, which will benefit from suggestions made during consultation, are focused on: ensuring that regulators have appropriate…

Read LSB to champion consumer rights through education and technology

LSB directs the exemption from the requirement for LSB approval of alterations made by the BSB as a consequence of changes to the BSB’s Bar Qualification Rules.

Read [Exemption Direction] Exemption Direction 135 Consequential amendments to the BSB Handbook arising from the BSB Bar Qualification Rules approved by the LSB on 26 February 2019

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has published an enforcement report which sets out the findings of an end to end review of the BSB and the SRA’s enforcement processes and articulates the LSB’s future strategic priorities on regulatory enforcement. Through its end to end review the LSB obtained assurance that the BSB and SRA met…

Read LSB welcomes SRA and BSB commitments to ongoing improvement on enforcement

LSB directs the exemption from the requirement for LSB approval of alterations made by the ICAEW to its disciplinary bye-laws

Read [Exemption Direction] Exemption Direction 134 Alterations to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales regulatory arrangements – disciplinary bye-laws

The Legal Services Board (LSB) today announces the appointment of David Abbott, Paul Crook, Owen Derbyshire and Liz Owen to the Legal Services Consumer Panel (the Consumer Panel). Liz Owen will take up appointment from 1 April 2019 for an initial four-year term; David Abbott and Owen Derbyshire will take up appointment from 1 April…

Read LSB confirms appointment of four new members of the Legal Services Consumer Panel 06/03/2019

The Legal Services Board has granted an application from the Bar Standards Board for the approval of amendments to its Part 4 Qualification Rules

Read [Decision notice] BSB application for the approval of amendments to its Part 4 Qualification Rules

LSB directs the exemption from the requirement for LSB approval of alterations to approved regulators’ regulations that may be required if there is a no deal exit from the European Union.

Read [Exemption Direction] Exemption Direction 133 – Alteration to regulatory arrangements connected to a no deal exit from the European Union

The Legal Services Board (LSB) today announced that its Chief Executive, Neil Buckley, will be stepping down later this year. Neil will stay in post until late summer or until a successor has been appointed. The Board will start the process of recruiting his successor immediately. Announcing his departure, Neil Buckley said: “It has been…

Read Neil Buckley to step down as LSB Chief Executive

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has accepted The Law Society’s (TLS’s) report in response to the undertakings given by TLS following the LSB’s Investigation into the Law Society’s oversight and monitoring arrangements for the Solicitors Regulation Authority, published on 31 May 2018. The LSB agrees that the undertakings have been fulfilled and this formally closes…

Read LSB accepts The Law Society undertakings report

The LSB approves the 2019 PCF application made by the Bar Council under section 51 of the Legal Services Act 2007

Read [Decision notice] Bar Council Practising Fee application

The Legal Services Board (LSB), publishes today a summary report on the legal service regulators’ (regulators) progress against the four diversity outcomes introduced by the LSB in February 2017. The framework requires the regulators to continue to gather data to understand the diversity profile of their regulated communities combined with using that data: to inform…

Read LSB publishes assessment of regulators progress on diversity

The Legal Services Board (LSB) today announces the appointment of Rod Bulmer and Shrinivas Honap ACA as new lay members of the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC). These appointments have been made by the Legal Services Board in accordance with the Legal Services Act 2007. Commenting on the appointment, Dr Helen Phillips said: “I am delighted to congratulate Rod and Shrinivas on…

Read LSB announces new appointments to the Office for Legal Complaints