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Approved Regulator:
The Intellectual Property Regulation Board (IPReg)
Application:
Application to the LSB for approval of changes to first-tier complaints arrangements
Start date for 28 day initial decision period:
4 November 2025
Links to relevant documents:
Decision:
Under Consideration
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:
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:
Annex A – Final proposed handbook rule changes
Annex B – Draft BSB FTC data collection policy statement
Milestones:
We have issued an Extension Notice [PDF] which extends the initial decision period to 05 January 2026, pursuant to paragraph 21(5) of Schedule 4 to the Legal Services Act 2007.
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:
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 10 – Equalities impact assessment
Annex 11 – Consumer impact framework assessment
Milestones:
We have issued an Extension Notice [PDF] which extends the initial decision period to 05 January 2026, 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:
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 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
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