The Legal Services Board (LSB) has published its business plan for 2023/24 to drive forward its ambition to deliver a legal services market that better meets society’s needs. Publication follows a consultation exercise earlier this year which saw the sector have its say through a virtual event and written submissions. The Business Plan supports the LSB’s…
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The Board met in person on 21 March 2023, my final full meeting as Chair of the Legal Services Board. Delivering our strategic vision: LSB business plan 2023/24 Every year we consult publicly on our draft business plan and budget. We reviewed contributions from stakeholders and agreed the LSB’s business plan and budget for 2023/24….
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The Ministry of Justice and Legal Services Board (LSB) today announced the appointment of Alan Kershaw as the new Chair of the LSB. He has been appointed for a four-year term effective from 1 April 2023. The Lord Chancellor made the appointment in consultation with the Lord Chief Justice in accordance with the Legal Services…
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The Legal Services Board (LSB) today announces the appointments of Rachel Cerfontyne as a new lay member and Patricia Tueje as a non-lay member of the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC). The OLC is the Board of the Legal Ombudsman, and the LSB has made these appointments in accordance with the Legal Services Act 2007….
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At our first Board meeting of 2023, we discussed some of our workstreams that will enable us to continue addressing the challenges set out in the Reshaping Legal Services Strategy both this year and beyond. Annual regulatory performance assessment report We discussed our annual regulatory performance report for 2022, published earlier this month. As part…
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has published its annual assessment of the performance of eight legal services regulators (PDF). Each body regulates different types of lawyers and carries out its responsibilities differently. However, they have the same obligations under the Legal Services Act 2007. They are expected to demonstrate how they put consumers, the public…
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The Legal Services Board (LSB) has today launched a consultation on its draft business plan and budget for 2023/24 to drive forward its ambition to deliver a legal services market that better meets society’s needs. Covering the third year of our Reshaping Legal Services strategy, the plan sets out our planned work for April 2023…
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This was our last Board meeting of 2022, and it was a coming together of a number of work strands which have been in development for some months now. Our focus as a Board continues to be on further advancing the Reshaping Legal Services strategy and addressing those challenges through innovative approaches. Significantly, exploring how…
New research by the Bridge Group explored Judicial Diversity Forum (JDF) officials’ views and experiences of the outcomes and impact of their diversity and inclusion initiatives. The research analysed the aims of activities and if they had reached the people they were intended to benefit. It also considered the extent to which partners’ activities complemented…
The Legal Services Board has submitted evidence (PDF) to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee on the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill. Our interest is primarily in section 155 of the Bill, which would add a new regulatory objective to the Legal Services Act. We support introducing this new regulatory objective, which would…
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