Investigations - The Legal Services Board

Approved Regulator	Investigation	Links to relevant documents	Decision	Response
CILEX / CILEx Regulation	The LSB will investigate the ongoing disputes, disagreements and associated issues between CILEX and CRL, including delegation, financial matters, proposed consultations and the apparent breakdown of relationship.	Final report cover letter to CILEX, 17 April 2023 (PDF) Final report cover letter to CILEx Regulation, 17 April 2023 (PDF) CILEX and CILEx Regulation response to LSB re undertakings, 5 April 2023 (PDF) LSB investigation – Revised timetable letter from Angela Latta, Head, Performance and Oversight, Legal Services Board to Linda Ford, CILEX, 8 February 2023 (PDF) LSB investigation – Revised timetable letter from Angela Latta, Head, Performance and Oversight, Legal Services Board to Carilyn Burman, CILEx Regulation, 8 February 2023 (PDF) Terms of engagement and scope letter from Angela Latta, Head, Performance and Oversight, Legal Services Board to Linda Ford, CEO CILEX, 11 October 2022 (PDF) Terms of engagement and scope letter from Angela Latta, Head, Performance and Oversight, Legal Services Board to Janine Griffiths-Baker, Interim Chief Executive, CILEx Regulation, 11 October 2022 (PDF) Letter of investigation from Matthew Hill, Chief Executive, Legal Services Board to Linda Ford, CEO CILEX, 4 October 2022 (PDF) Letter of investigation from Matthew Hill, Chief Executive, Legal Services Board to Janine Griffiths-Baker, CEO CILEx Regulation, 4 October 2022 (PDF)	LSB investigation report into disputes between CILEX and CILEx Regulation Limited in consideration of enforcement powers under the Legal services Act 2007 (PDF)
The Law Society (TLS)/Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)	The LSB will investigate whether TLS’s oversight and monitoring of the SRA was such that representative functions impaired the independence or effectiveness of the performance of the SRA’s regulatory functions, in breach of rule 8 of the LSB’s internal governance rules	Scope of investigation letter from Neil Buckley to Paul Tennant 20 March 2017 Letter from Neil Buckley to Paul Tennant 15 February 2017	LSB report into the Law Society’s oversight and monitoring of the SRA LSB decision letter to the Law Society Statement of censure against the Law Society Undertakings given by the Law Society to the Legal Service Board	LSB letter to The Law Society dated 29 January 2019 The Law Society Report in response to the investigation undertakings SRA letter to the LSB dated 17 December 2018
Bar Council/ Bar Standards Board (BSB)	Formal Investigation into the Bar Council’s involvement in the BSB application to the LSB for approval of changes to the Code of Conduct in relation to the “Cab Rank Rule”	Scope of investigation letter from Chris Kenny to Stephen Crowne 13 September 2013 -Letter from Chris Kenny to Stephen Crowne 20 December 2013 – Bar Council and BSB protocol for ensuring regulatory independence (which relates to undertakings 1 and 2)	LSB report into the Bar Council’s involvement in the BSB application Bar Council response to the draft censure notice (30-10-2013) LSB response to Bar Council (20-11-2013) The Bar Council and BSB’s agreed undertakings in response to the investigation	N/A

Approved Regulator

Investigation

Links to relevant documents

Decision

Response

CILEX / CILEx Regulation

The LSB will investigate the ongoing disputes, disagreements and associated issues between CILEX and CRL, including delegation, financial matters, proposed consultations and the apparent breakdown of relationship.

Final report cover letter to CILEX, 17 April 2023 (PDF)

Final report cover letter to CILEx Regulation, 17 April 2023 (PDF)

CILEX and CILEx Regulation response to LSB re undertakings, 5 April 2023 (PDF)

LSB investigation – Revised timetable letter from Angela Latta, Head, Performance and Oversight, Legal Services Board to Linda Ford, CILEX, 8 February 2023 (PDF)

LSB investigation – Revised timetable letter from Angela Latta, Head, Performance and Oversight, Legal Services Board to Carilyn Burman, CILEx Regulation, 8 February 2023 (PDF)

Terms of engagement and scope letter from Angela Latta, Head, Performance and Oversight, Legal Services Board to Linda Ford, CEO CILEX, 11 October 2022 (PDF)

Terms of engagement and scope letter from Angela Latta, Head, Performance and Oversight, Legal Services Board to Janine Griffiths-Baker, Interim Chief Executive, CILEx Regulation, 11 October 2022 (PDF)

Letter of investigation from Matthew Hill, Chief Executive, Legal Services Board to Linda Ford, CEO CILEX, 4 October 2022 (PDF)

Letter of investigation from Matthew Hill, Chief Executive, Legal Services Board to Janine Griffiths-Baker, CEO CILEx Regulation, 4 October 2022 (PDF)

LSB investigation report into disputes between CILEX and CILEx Regulation Limited in consideration of enforcement powers under the Legal services Act 2007 (PDF)

The Law Society (TLS)/Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)

The LSB will investigate whether TLS’s oversight and monitoring of the SRA was such that representative functions impaired the independence or effectiveness of the performance of the SRA’s regulatory functions, in breach of rule 8 of the LSB’s internal governance rules

Scope of investigation letter from Neil Buckley to Paul Tennant 20 March 2017

Letter from Neil Buckley to Paul Tennant 15 February 2017

LSB report into the Law Society’s oversight and monitoring of the SRA

LSB decision letter to the Law Society

Statement of censure against the Law Society

Undertakings given by the Law Society to the Legal Service Board

LSB letter to The Law Society dated 29 January 2019

The Law Society Report in response to the investigation undertakings

SRA letter to the LSB dated 17 December 2018

Bar Council/ Bar Standards Board (BSB)

Formal Investigation into the Bar Council’s involvement in the BSB application to the LSB for approval of changes to the Code of Conduct in relation to the “Cab Rank Rule”

Scope of investigation letter from Chris Kenny to Stephen Crowne

13 September 2013 -Letter from Chris Kenny to Stephen Crowne

20 December 2013 – Bar Council and BSB protocol for ensuring regulatory independence (which relates to undertakings 1 and 2)

LSB report into the Bar Council’s involvement in the BSB application

Bar Council response to the draft censure notice (30-10-2013)

LSB response to Bar Council (20-11-2013)

The Bar Council and BSB’s agreed undertakings in response to the investigation

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