Current applications / requests


We will publish all applications and requests for exemption under consideration, including information on current status.

Please note that it is the responsibility of the applicant to explicitly advise whether any information contained within the application is sensitive, and should therefore not be published.

Current applications / requests:

 

Approved Regulator:

Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)

Application:

Application to the LSB for approval of changes to first-tier complaints arrangements

Start date for 28 day initial decision period:

14 October 2025

Links to relevant documents:

Application

Annex 1 SRA rule amendments

Annex 2 Analysis of consultation responses

Annex 3 Summary of feedback from engagement programme

Annex 4 Draft complaints handling guidance

Annex 5 Equality Impact Assessment

Annex 6 Regulatory Impact Assessment

Decision:

Under Consideration


 

Approved Regulator:

Bar Standards Board (BSB)

Application:

Application to the LSB for approval of changes to first-tier complaints arrangements

Start date for 28 day initial decision period:

08 October 2025

Links to relevant documents:

Application

Annex A – Final proposed handbook rule changes

Annex B – Draft BSB FTC data collection policy statement

Decision:

Under Consideration


Approved regulator:

CILEx Regulation (CRL)

Application:

Application to the LSB to introduce complaint handling rules and to make changes to Regulation 13 of the CRL-ACCA Handbook

Start date for 28 day initial decision period:

08 October 2025

Links to relevant documents:

Application

Annex 1 – CRL complaints handling survey – firms

Annex 2 – Client views on CRL firms’ complaint information

Annex 3 – CRL complaint handling rules

Annex 4 – CRL-ACCA Handbook – Amended Regulation 13

Annex 5 – CRL-ACCA Handbook – Amended Regulation 13 – mark-up

Annex 6 – Responses to the consultation on changes to CRL’s requirements for first-tier complaints

Annex 7 – Draft CRL first-tier complaint handling guidance

Annex 8 – Consultation on changes to CRL’s requirements for first-tier complaints

Annex 9 – Legal Ombudsman response to consultation on changes to CRL’s requirements for first-tier complaints

Annex 10 – Equalities impact assessment

Annex 11 – Consumer impact framework assessment

Decision:

Under Consideration


Approved Regulator:

CILEx Regulation (CRL)

Application:

Application to the LSB for  approval of changes to CRL’s regulatory arrangements in relation to stand alone litigation practice rights

Start date for 28 day initial decision period:

06 October 2025

Links to relevant documents:

Application

Annex 1a 

Annex 1b

Annex 2

Annex 3

Annex 4

Annex 5

Annex 6

Annex 7

Annex 8

Annex 9

Annex 10

Annex 11

Annex 12

Annex 13

Annex 14

Annex 15

Annex 16

Decision:

Under Consideration

 


 

Approved Regulator:

Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC)

Application:

Application to the LSB for the approval of changes to the CLC’s regulatory arrangements in relation to Compensation Fund contributions.

Start date for 28 day initial decision period:

19 September 2025

Links to relevant documents:

Application [PDF]

Milestones:

We have issued an Extension Notice [PDF] which extends the initial decision period to 17 December 2025, pursuant to paragraph 21(5) of Schedule 4 to the Legal Services Act 2007.

Decision:

Under Consideration

 


 

Approved Regulator:

Master of the Faculties (Faculty Office, FO)

Application:

Application to the LSB for approval of alterations to the FO’s regulatory arrangements relating to its revised Notaries (Conduct & Discipline) Rules.

Start date for 28 day initial decision period:

17 September 2025

Links to relevant documents:

Application

Revised draft Notaries (Conduct & Discipline) Rules 2025

Table showing rationale for rule changes September 2025

EDIA – disciplinary rule changes proposals September 2025

Review of the disciplinary system – scoped paper – June 2023

Review of the disciplinary system – consultation – February 2024

Review of the disciplinary system – consultation response – August 2024

draft Guidance on Sanctions

draft Guidance to Investigators and Prosecutors

Milestones:

We have issued an Extension Notice [PDF] which extends the initial decision period to 15 December 2025, pursuant to paragraph 21(5) of Schedule 4 to the Legal Services Act 2007.

Decision:

Under Consideration

 


 

Approved Regulator:

The Council of Licensed Conveyancers (CLC)

Application:

Application for the LSB to approve a new Ongoing Competence Code to replace its current Continuing Professional Development Code and CPD Framework.

Start date for 28 day initial decision period:

8 August 2025

Links to relevant documents:

Application

Annex 1 –  New Ongoing Competence Code (for approval)

Annex 2 – The CLC CPD Code (current) [for reference]

Annex 3 – The CLC CPD Framework (current) [for reference]

Annex 4 – Code of Conduct 2025 [for reference]

Annex 5 – Draft example website content

Annex 6(1) – Draft FAQs for CLC Lawyers 

Annex 6(2) – Draft FAQs for CLC Practices

Milestones:

We have issued an Extension Notice [PDF] which extends the initial decision period to 5 November 2025, pursuant to paragraph 21(5) of Schedule 4 to the Legal Services Act 2007.

Decision:

Under Consideration