The Board was delighted to meet stakeholders from across the profession in Wales this week as part of our ongoing programme of virtual events to hear from those we work alongside in tackling the legal services sector’s challenges. We discussed technology, diversity and inclusion, access to justice and market transparency from a Wales perspective. We…
By Margie McCrone, Regulatory Policy Manager at the Legal Services Board The Legal Services Board (LSB’s) work on ongoing competence is central to the regulatory objective to protect and promote the interests of consumers. Consumers should be able to trust that legal professionals have the necessary and up to date skills, knowledge and attributes to…
Read Blog: New ongoing competence report: What can England and Wales learn from other jurisdictions?
The Legal Services Board (LSB) urges legal regulators to do more to understand what is and is not working to improve the diversity and inclusion in the sector and focus on what is making a meaningful difference for professionals and consumers. This follows the LSB’s publication of the independent report it commissioned from the Bridge…
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has published the independent review of the August 2020 Bar Professional Training Course exams. Matthew Hill, Chief Executive of the Legal Service Board, said: “We welcome the publication of this independent review of the August 2020 Bar Professional Training Course exams, which was an important part of the mitigations put…
Read LSB response to the BSB publishing an independent review of the August 2020 BPTC Exams
We’re recruiting a new member of the Legal Services Consumer Panel. The Panel is an independent statutory body established by the Legal Services Act 2007. Its overarching role is to ensure that the interests of consumers are carefully considered by legal services regulators. As such, the Panel provides advice and challenge to the Legal Services…
Read Legal Services Consumer Panel – We’re recruiting a new Panel member
We began this month’s board meeting by again reflecting on the impact of Covid-19 on the sector. It has been a challenging twelve months for legal services providers and people and small businesses who need legal services. Working with regulators to support the profession Since March 2020, we have focused on making it easier for…
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has today outlined how legal services regulators can actively support technology and innovation that safely increase access to legal services. By working together, regulators can create an environment that ‘de-risks’ innovation and reduces uncertainty for tech providers and consumers. In a new paper [PDF], the LSB makes it clear that…
We are looking for two new lay board members and one new non-lay board member to join the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC) – the body responsible for ensuring there is an independent ombudsman service to consider complaints about legal services in England and Wales. As in any sector, consumer confidence is profoundly affected by…
Read Office for Legal Complaints – we’re recruiting three board members
Today, the Legal Services Board (LSB) launched a consumer-focussed strategy for legal services in England and Wales, and called for collaboration to reshape legal services to better meet society’s needs. The ambitious ten-year strategy reflects that the significant challenges facing the legal services sector can only be tackled by people and organisations working together to…
Read Legal oversight regulator issues rallying call to put consumers at the heart of legal services
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has compiled data from various sources that suggest the legal services sector overall has, so far, remained broadly stable during the Covid-19 pandemic. The emerging data indicates that while some parts of the legal services profession have faced significant difficulties over the last 12 months, overall numbers of regulated lawyers…
Read LSB shares data on the broadly stable health of the legal services sector following Covid-19
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the Legal Services Board (LSB) today announced the appointment of Dr Gary Kildare as a lay member of the LSB. Lay members are not members of the legal services profession and provide an outside and independent perspective to enhance the LSB’s decision-making. Gary is being appointed for a four-year…
This Board meeting this month centred on the approval of the strategy and business plan 2021/22. While our plan sets out clearly what the LSB will do, the strategy makes clear that addressing challenges like unmet legal need and improving diversity and inclusion will need action across the whole sector. The strategy sets out a…
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