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Sir Michael Pitt, Chairman of the Legal Services Board (LSB), has today announced that Wanda Goldwag has been selected as the LSB’s preferred candidate to the post of Chair of the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC) after an open competition. Ms. Goldwag, whose selection has also been approved by the Lord Chancellor, will now appear…

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LSB directs the exemption from the requirement for LSB approval for alterations to the Bar Standards Board Handbook, Part 2, Section C, rC21 – accepting instructions

Read [Exemption direction] Exemption Direction 110 alterations to the Bar Standards Board’s regulatory arrangements – accepting instructions

LSB directs the exemption from the requirement for LSB approval of alterations to the ICAEW’s Professional Indemnity Regulations – Minimum Approved Wording

Read [Exemption direction] Exemption Direction 109 Alterations to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) regulatory arrangements Professional Indemnity Regulations

LSB directs the exemption from the requirement for LSB approval of alterations to the BSB’s regulatory arrangements in respect of Part 2, Section C, Conduct Rules of the Handbook

Read [Exemption direction] Exemption Direction 108 Alterations to the BSB regulatory arrangements Handbook Conduct Rules

LSB directs the exemption from the requirement for LSB approval of alterations to the ICAEW’s regulatory arrangements in respect of probate regulations and probate compensation scheme regulations

Read [Exemption direction] Alterations to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) regulatory arrangements Probate Regulations and Probate Compensation Scheme Regulations

LSB opens a formal investigation into the governance arrangements between the Law Society and the Solicitor’s Regulation Authority

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The Legal Services Board (LSB) today issues its revised statutory guidance for regulators on diversity. The changes introduced place a focus on improved outcomes, ensuring all regulators take their work in this area beyond data collection. The revised guidance allows regulators freedom to deliver their own, targeted approaches to improve diversity in their respective professions, whilst also making sure that…

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The LSB approves changes to the Notaries Practice Rules and the Notaries Qualification Rules

Read [Decision notice] Master of the Faculties changes to regulatory arrangements

The LSB approves the 2017 application made by the Bar Council under section 51 of the Legal Services Act 2007

Read [Decision notice] Bar Council Practising Certificate Fee application 2017

The application was withdrawn by the BSB on 19 January 2017 and is no longer under consideration.

Read [Withdrawn application] Bar Standards Board application for the approval of changes to the BSB’s Disciplinary Tribunal Rules Changes to regulatory arrangements

The Legal Services Board (LSB) welcomes today’s publication by the Competition and Markets Authority(CMA) of its final legal services market study report and recommendations. Legal Services Board Chairman, Sir Michael Pitt, said: “I welcome today’s Competition and Market Authority report on the legal services market in England and Wales. This study was commissioned because of long-standing concerns that we have previously…

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Responding to the Government’s statement today Neil Buckley, Chief Executive of the Legal Services Boardsaid: “I welcome the CMA’s announcement today of its intention to commence a market study into the legal services sector in England and Wales to see if it is working well for consumers and small businesses. This decision reflects long-standing concerns about both the…

Read LSB welcomes the CMA’s announcement of its review of the legal services market in England and Wales