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The Legal Services Board (LSB) has published annual reports on the performance of the eight legal services regulatory bodies. Each organisation regulates different types of lawyers and carries out its responsibilities in different ways. Nevertheless, they have the same responsibilities under the Legal Services Act 2007 (the Act) and are assessed against the same 27 outcomes…

Read LSB pushes legal regulators to drive up performance and improve governance

2020 has been challenging for people who need legal services and for some parts of the profession. The Covid-19 pandemic has strengthened our resolve to work with others to reshape legal services to better meet the needs of society. This blog outlines some of the projects we have collaborated with others on this year to…

Read Review of 2020: collaborating to reshape legal services

Our (virtual) offices are closed from the afternoon of Thursday 24 December, reopening on Monday 4 January at 9am. If you have any queries, please email ContactUs@legalservicesboard.org.uk and we will respond on our return. Best wishes for the holiday season.

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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today published the findings of a review undertaken to assess the extent to which the recommendations in its 2016 Legal Services market study have been taken forward and the impact that these changes have had to date. Commenting on the findings of the CMA’s review, Dr Helen Phillips,…

Read LSB response to the CMA’s market study review

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has published a new report on its enforcement activity. Their 2018/19 Upholding Professional Standards report sets out the diversity profile, broken down by gender, ethnicity, age and disability, of individuals reported to the SRA, those taken forward for investigation and those against whom an action was taken by either the…

Read LSB response to the SRA’s report on enforcement activity and diversity monitoring

Following the publication of our State of Legal Services 2020 report, we have developed a draft strategy for the legal services sector, which we are currently consulting on, alongside our draft business plan 2021-22. The draft strategy outlines the part that we will play in tackling the significant challenges facing the sector, and we are…

Read State of Legal Services 2020 event – 14 January 2021

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has launched a consultation on a draft strategy for the legal services sector and is inviting others to say how they will also contribute to reshaping legal services to better meet the needs of society. The strategy follows the publication of LSB’s State of Legal Services 2020 report last month….

Read LSB invites contributions to a new strategy for the legal services sector

As is usual at this time of the year, our final Board meeting of 2020 involved looking back on the last 12 months and looking forward to the year ahead – and beyond. We started with a rich discussion about a draft strategy for the legal services sector, which we have developed in response to…

Read Chair’s Blog – December 2020

The Legal Services Board (LSB) today announces the reappointment of Sarah Chambers as the Chair of the Legal Services Consumer Panel, and Adam Cooper and Mark McLaren as Consumer Panel Members. Sarah has been Chair since 1 May 2018, and her first term of office will end on 30 April 2021. She has been reappointed…

Read LSB reappoints Consumer Panel Chair Sarah Chambers and two other members

The Legal Services Board (LSB) today announces the reappointment of Annette Lovell and Jane Martin to the board of the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC).  The OLC is the board of the Legal Ombudsman for England and Wales. Its board members are appointed by and accountable to the LSB, which can set performance targets and…

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LSB plans to galvanise efforts to reshape legal services A new report by the Legal Services Board (LSB) gives an in-depth review of the legal services sector following ten years of independent regulation. The State of Legal Services 2020 report is informed by data, evidence and conversations with a wide range of individuals and organisations…

Read Ten-year report reveals that the basic legal needs of many in society are still not being met

LSB directs the exemption from the requirement for LSB approval of CILEx Regulation’s Compensation Arrangements for 2021.

Read [Exemption Direction] Exemption Direction 166 CILEx Regulation Compensation Arrangements 2021