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LSB directs the exemption from the requirement for LSB approval of CIPA alterations to comply with the 2019 IGR.

Read more - [Exemption Direction] Exemption Direction 158 Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys alterations to comply with 2019 IGR

LSB directs the exemption from the requirement for LSB approval of CITMA alterations to comply with the 2019 IGR.

Read more - [Exemption Direction] Exemption Direction 157 Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys alterations to comply with 2019 IGR

LSB directs the exemption from the requirement for LSB approval of alterations to the Bar Standards Board’s Handbook to comply with the 2019 IGR.  

Read more - [Exemption Direction] Exemption Direction 156 Bar Standards Board Handbook alterations to comply with 2019 IGR

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the Legal Services Board (LSB) today announced the appointment of Stephen Gowland and Flora Page as non-lay members of the LSB. Stephen Gowland and Flora Page are being appointed for four-year terms commencing from 1 August 2020. The appointments were made by the Lord Chancellor in consultation with the…

Read more - Legal Services Board announces two new Board members

LSB directs the exemption from the requirement for LSB approval ACL alterations to comply with the 2019 IGR.  

Read more - [Exemption Direction] Exemption Direction 155 ACL alterations to comply with 2019 IGR

Once again, we held our Board meeting virtually. The agenda included a focus on Covid-19 and the work we are doing to support the sector, our review of the Practicing Certificate Fee, and our plans to increase the pace of change on diversity and inclusion in legal services. Covid-19: As we have done over the…

Read more - Chair’s Blog – July 2020

LSB directs the exemption from the requirement for LSB approval of alterations to the Bar Council’s Constitution.

Read more - [Exemption Direction] Exemption Direction 154 Bar Council Constitution amendments

LSB directs the exemption from the requirement for LSB approval of Law Society alterations to comply with the 2019 IGR.

Read more - [Exemption Direction] Exemption Direction 153 Law Society alterations to comply with the 2019 IGR

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has drawn together multiple sources of data to provide the clearest picture we can of the impact of Covid-19 on legal services. The LSB’s Covid-19 research dashboard shows that while there is a surge of demand in some areas such as employment advice, in other areas such as money and…

Read more - Consumer data reveals mixed picture of legal services during Covid crisis

Office for Legal Complaints –  Lay Board Member The Legal Services Board (LSB) is currently looking to recruit a Lay Board Member for the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC). The OLC administers an independent ombudsman scheme that resolves complaints by consumers about legal services, which underpins public confidence in legal services across England and Wales….

Read more - Vacancy: Office for Legal Complaints – Lay Board Member

The Legal Services Board (“the LSB”) has today published its annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2020. The report charts the latest phase in the delivery of the Board’s priorities under its 2018-21 three-year strategy. It outlines our progress with activities that promote and protect the interests of people who need…

Read more - Covid-19 increases LSB’s resolve to reshape legal services through new strategy

There is one week left to share information in our call for evidence on ongoing competence, which closes on 26 June 2020. Anyone with an interest in this work can submit information by email ongoing.competence@legalservicesboard.org.uk or by visiting  our ongoing competence pages.  We thank those who have already submitted evidence and those that we have met since…

Read more - Final week to share information as part of the ongoing competence call for evidence