About us

Our response to the Public Bodies Review

Our response sets out the steps we are taking to strengthen consumer protection through more focused oversight.

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Enquiries from the public

Including who to complain to if you have a problem with a lawyer or a regulator.

Information on the Solicitor’s Indemnity Fund

The current position on key questions relating to the Solicitor’s Indemnity Fund

Our Board

Board member biographies, Board minutes, expenses

Corporate publications

Business Plan, Annual Report and Accounts, cost statement

Our relationships

Legal Services Consumer Panel, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Office for Legal Complaints

Our work

AI and Consumer Protection

AI tools show real promise to increase access to legal services, but consumers lack basic protections

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Our Business Plan

Our business plan outlines how we will contribute to reshaping legal services to better meet society’s needs

Statutory decision making

Find out more about the LSB's range of approval and decision making powers.

Live rule-change applications

See all current applications from regulators to change regulatory arrangements.

Consultations and responses

Have a look at our open and closed consultations.

Regulatory performance

Find out more about how we hold regulators to account.

Professional Ethics, Rule of Law, and Regulation

FInd out more about our project on ethics, rule of Law, and regulation

Ongoing competence

Five-year policy objective: The regulators have appropriate frameworks for continuing assurance of professional competence throughout the careers of the people they regulate.

Increasing market transparency for consumers

This project includes our response to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) legal services market study and work on related issues.

Legal technology and innovation

Find out more about our work in responding to the regulatory implications of technological innovation.

Encouraging and promoting a diverse legal services sector

Find out more about our work to ensure legal services are accessible to all and promote diversity and inclusion in the sector

Financial protection arrangements for consumers

Find out more about our project reviewing financial protection arrangements for consumers

Economic crime regulatory objective

Find out more about our economic crime- related regulatory objective.

Research

Legal Needs of Individuals in England and Wales

Summary of the findings of the 2023 survey of the legal needs of individuals and topic reports

Individuals’ handling of legal issues in England and Wales 2023

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