Reference Number:
2015/BSB
Application:
BSB application to become a Licensing Authority
Status (19 May 2016):
The LSB has now made its decision and has sent a recommendation to the Lord Chancellor.
Decision Period:
29 April 2015 to 28 April 2016
Schedule 10, 13(1) of the Legal Services Act requires that the LSB must give a decision on an application being made to the Board. This can be extended to no more than 16 months (Schd 10, 13(4)).
Documents:
- Synopsis
- Application
- Annexes A-C
- Annex D
- Annexes E-G
- Annexes H-I
- Annexes J-L
- Annexes M-P
- Competitions and Markets Authority advice
- Consumer Panel advice
- Lord Chief Justice advice
- Bar Standards Board response to mandatory consultees
Decision:
The LSB is granting the application. Please see our Decision Notice for more information. The rules that are approved are the BSB’s Handbook which includes the licensing rules a licensed body must adhere to.