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
New research for the Legal Services Board (LSB) has highlighted key priorities the public say should be addressed to widen access to legal services and maintain high standards. Participants in the study said there should be a greater focus on lawyers’ competence, public legal education, and access to justice for those on low and middle…
Read Competency, awareness, and affordability top public wish list for better legal services
LSB Senior Summit Please see the presentation slides: LSB strategy summit presentation September 2020 For help registering on Hopin or logging on to our Summit, please follow our instructions here [PDF].
The Legal Services Board (LSB) today announces the appointment of Harindra Punchihewa as a new lay member of the Board of the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC). The OLC is the Board of the Legal Ombudsman and this appointment has been made by the LSB in accordance with the Legal Services Act 2007. Hari is…
Read LSB announces new appointment to the Office for Legal Complaints: Harindra Punchihewa
LSB directs the exemption from the requirement for LSB approval of alterations to the CLC’s Compensation Fund contributions for 2020/21.
Read [Exemption Direction] Exemption Direction 161 CLC Compensation Fund contributions [PDF]
The Judicial Diversity Forum (JDF) has published a statistical report that brings together data on the diversity of the judiciary, judicial appointments and from the relevant legal professions (solicitors, barristers and legal executives). In doing so it provides a picture not only of the diversity of today’s judiciary, but also of the process by which…
Our first meeting after the summer break focused on the development of our new strategy for the legal services sector. We began by discussing progress made to increase transparency in the legal services. We were joined by senior colleagues from the Competition and Market Authority (CMA). They outlined the three broad themes of their original…
LSB directs the exemption from the requirement for LSB approval of the SRA Indemnity (Amendment) Rules 2020.
Read [Exemption Direction] Exemption Direction 160 SRA SIF extension [PDF]
Consumers urged to shop around nationally for the best deals on divorce, wills, and conveyancing New Legal Services Board (LSB) research shows there is significant regional variation in the price of legal advice across England and Wales for what are fundamentally the same services. The research explores the cost of common legal scenarios related to…
Read Thousands could be paying over the odds for legal advice
LSB directs the exemption from the requirement for LSB approval of two alterations to the Disciplinary Tribunal Regulations in the BSB Handbook.
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