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The Legal Services Board welcomes today’s publication by regulators of their action plans following the Competition and Markets Authority’s legal services market study. Legal Services Board Chief Executive Neil Buckley said: “The Legal Services Board (LSB) welcomes today’s publication of action plans to deliver greater transparency for consumers. It means the regulators remain on track to implement the…

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The Legal Services Board has made a recommendation to the Lord Chancellor that the ICAEW be designated as an approved regulator and a licensing authority, extended to all reserved legal activities.

Read [Recommendation Letter and Decision notice] The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) Approved Regulator and Licensing Authority applications

The Legal Services Board has granted the application made by the Bar Standards Board for alterations to its regulatory arrangements in respect of its Disciplinary Tribunal Rules.

Read [Decision notice] Bar Standards Board application for changes to Disciplinary Tribunal Regulations

The Legal Services Board (LSB) launches a consultation on the proposed revised regulatory performance assessment process. Legal Services Board Chief Executive Neil Buckley said: “The LSB’s work to hold legal services regulators’ to account for their performance is key to delivering public confidence in legal services and is a core statutory function. Through it, we…

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The Legal Services Board(LSB) publishes today a short document which explains how it approaches its work. Legal Services Board Interim Chair Dr Helen Phillips said: “The LSB has a unique role in the legal services sector, overseeing regulation and holding bodies to account. It is important that there is clarity about the way we approach our work. We…

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The Legal Services Board has granted the application made by the Master of Faculties for changes to Notaries Practice Rules

Read [Decision notice] Master of the Faculties application for changes to the Notaries Practice Rules – addition of Rule 21.5

The Legal Services Board has today launched research into the experiences of consumers in vulnerable circumstances when they use legal service. Focusing specifically on people with dementia and mental health problems (and their carers) this research set out to explore their experiences of accessing legal services and to identify what can be done to improve accessibility, service experience and outcomes….

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The Legal Services Board (LSB) publishes today the findings of its research into alternative business structures (ABS) and investment in legal services. This includes the results of the largest ever survey of ABS. The main objectives of this report have been to assess ABS investment activity, to consider whether there are any regulatory barriers to investment and…

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LSB directs the exemption from the requirement for LSB approval of alterations to the ICAEW’s Professional Indemnity Regulations – Run off cover

Read [Exemption Direction] 113 Alterations to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) regulatory arrangements Professional Indemnity Regulations – Run-off cover

The Legal Services Board (LSB) today publishes its response to the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) legal services market study. In this response the LSB outlines how it will implement the recommendation directed to it. Legal Services Board Chief Executive Neil Buckley said: “The CMA’s study was undertaken because of long-standing concerns about the legal services market…

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The Legal Services Board (LSB) today publishes its Business Plan for 2017/18. This plan represents the final year of the three year strategy announced in 2015 and sets out the work the LSB will do to deliver its strategic outcomes. Alongside essential statutory responsibilities, the emphasis of the LSB in 2017/18, will be on the…

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LSB directs the exemption from the requirement for LSB approval of alterations to the BSB’s regulatory arrangements, which clarify the drafting in respect of a BSB regulated individual acting in judicial or quasi-judicial capacity.

Read [Exemption Direction] Exemption direction 112 Alterations to the BSB regulatory arrangements regulated individual acting in judicial or quasi-judicial capacity