Closed consultations: April 2021/2022

December 2021 – Consultation on ongoing competence draft policy statement

• Consultation document (PDF)
• Draft statement of policy (PDF)
• Final statement of policy – ongoing competence (PDF)
• Press release on the publication of the final statement of policy (PDF)

The consultation ran from 8 December 2021 to 7 March 2022. The responses we received are below:

• Association of Consumer Support Organisations (ACSO) (PDF)
• Bar Council (BC) (PDF)
• Beyond Compliance (PDF)
• Bar Standards Board (BSB) (PDF)
• Chancery Bar (PDF)
• Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX) (PDF)
• Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) (PDF)
• Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA) (PDF)
• CILEx Regulation (CRL) (PDF)
• Citizens Advice (PDF)
• City of London Law Society (PDF)
• Council of Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) (PDF)
• Costs Lawyer Standards Board (CLSB) (PDF)
• Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR) (PDF)
• Council of the Inns of Court (COIC) (PDF)
• E3 Training (PDF)
• Engineering Council (PDF)
• Faculty Office (FO) (PDF)
• Government Legal Department (PDF)
• Gray’s Inn Barristers’ Committee (PDF)
• Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) (PDF)
• Intellectual Property Regulation Board(IPReg) (PDF)
• Just for Kids Law (PDF)
• JUSTICE(PDF)
• Law Society (TLS) (PDF)
• LawCare (PDF)
• Legal Services Consumer Panel (LSCP) (PDF)
• Professor Stephen Mayson (PDF)
• My Compliance Colleague (PDF)
• Notaries Society (PDF)
• Nottingham Law School (PDF)
• Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) (PDF)
• Personal Injury Bar Association (PIBA) (PDF)
• Society of Licensed Conveyancers(PDF)
• Society of Scrivener Notaries (PDF)
• Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) (PDF)
• Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) (PDF)
• Transform Justice (PDF)
• Western Circuit (PDF)

6 December 2021 – Consultation on our draft business plan 2022/23

• Consultation document (PDF)
• Draft business plan 2022/23 (PDF)
• Consultation launch press release
• Our response to the consultation (PDF)

The consultation closed on 5 February 2022. The responses received are below:

• Bar Council (PDF)
• Bar Standards Board (PDF)
• CILEX (PDF)
• CILEx Regulation (PDF)
• Council for Licensed Conveyancers(PDF)
• Legal Services Consumer Panel (PDF)
• Professional Negligence Lawyers Association(PDF)
• Solicitors Regulation Authority (PDF)
• The Faculty Office(PDF)
• IPReg response to LSB Business Plan 22-23 (PDF)
• The Law Society (PDF)

15 September 2021 – Consultation on draft statement of policy on empowering consumers

• Draft statement of policy (PDF)
• Consultation document (PDF)
• Consultation response document (PDF)

The consultation ran from 15 September 2021 to 8 December 2021.

We received 21 responses to the consultation from the following stakeholders:

• Amplified Global
• Association of Consumer Support Organisations (ACSO)
• Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL)
• Bar Council (BC)
• Bar Standards Board (BSB)
• Cardiff and District Law Society (CDLS)
• Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX)
• CILEx Regulation (CRL)
• Costs Lawyer Standards Board (CLSB)
• Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR)
  • COMBAR – LSB Statement of Policy Response
• Faculty Office (FO)
• Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
• Intellectual Property Regulation Board (IPReg)
• Law Society (TLS)
• Law Superstore/ReallyMoving
• Legal Ombudsman (LeO)
• Legal Services Consumer Panel (LSCP)
• ReviewSolicitors
• Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)
• Trustpilot
• Which?

15 June 2021 – Consultation on proposed rules for applications to alter regulatory arrangements

Consultation document with annexes (PDF)

On 13 December 2021, we published our decision document (PDF), along with the new Rules (PDF) and the new Guidance (PDF).

Below are the formal responses we received:

1. Bar Council (PDF)
2. BSB (PDF)
3. CILEX (PDF)
4. CILEx Regulation (PDF)
5. CLC (PDF)
6. CLSB (PDF)
7. Faculty Office (PDF)
8. ICAEW (PDF)
9. IPReg (PDF)
10. The Law Society (PDF)
11. LSCP (PDF)
12. SDT (PDF)
13. SRA (PDF)

23 February 2021 – Consultation on improving the transparency of quality in the legal services market to support effective consumer choice.

The LSB’s Discussion Paper on Quality Indicators invited stakeholders to share their views and this consultation closed on 22 April 2021.

LSB’s response document (PDF).

Below are the formal responses we received:

1. Association of Consumer Support Organisations (ACSO) (PDF)
2. Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (PDF)
3. Bar Council (PDF)
4. Bar Standards Board (PDF)
5. Bourne Collier (Solicitor) (PDF)
6. Cardiff and District Law Society (PDF)
7. Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) (PDF)
8. CILEx Regulation (PDF)
9. COMBAR (PDF)
10. David Jabbari (Solicitor and CEO) (PDF)
11. Law for Life (PDF)
12. Legal Services Consumer Panel (LSCP) (PDF)
13. Leicestershire Law Society (PDF)
14. Office for Legal Complaints (OLC) (PDF)
15. Pitsford Consulting (PDF)
16. Quartz Barristers (PDF)
17. Review Solicitors (PDF)
18. Solicitors Regulation Authority (PDF)
19. The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) (PDF)
20. The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) (PDF)
21. The Law Society (PDF) and Annex (PDF)
22. The Law Superstore/Really Moving.com (PDF)
23. Trustpilot (PDF)