‘The £30m that the Law Society levies on solicitors for its representative work is to be put under the microscope by the Legal Services Board (LSB) next year.’
Legal Futures, 6th December 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The level of innovation in the legal market has “stagnated and fallen in some areas” in recent years, but there are a number of encouraging signs for the future, major new research has revealed.’
Legal Futures, 29th November 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has received unprecedented lobbying against the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) plans to allow solicitors to practise from unregulated businesses.’
Legal Futures, 24th September 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Legal Services Consumer Panel is ready to tell the government some “uncomfortable truths” about legal aid, its new chair has said.’
Legal Futures, 4th September 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Legal Services Board has handed out a public censure for the first time, after finding that the Law Society had governance arrangements in place that could have interfered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).’
Legal Futures, 31st May 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Legal regulators have urged the Legal Services Board (LSB) to use its review of the internal governance rules (IGR) to give them greater independence from their representative bodies.’
Legal Futures, 16th February 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Legal Service Board has today published a consultation on its internal governance rules (IGR) for the legal services regulators.’
Legal Services Board, 9th November 2017
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
‘There needs to be a “more diverse and innovative legal services market” in England and Wales that attracts new providers and offers new opportunities “for the current and future legal profession”, the Lord Chancellor has said.’
Legal Futures, 24th October 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has been warned against trying to force the introduction of the civil standard of proof in the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) without proper consultation.’
Legal Futures, 29th September 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Lawyers acting for mentally ill clients and dementia sufferers have been praised in surveys commissioned by the Legal Services Board (LSB) on the needs of vulnerable consumers, but some did find it hard to deal with solicitors.’
Legal Futures, 18th July 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Legal Services Board has today launched research into the experiences of consumers in vulnerable circumstances when they use legal service.’
Legal Services Board, 14th July 2017
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has dismissed concerns about the “negative” impact of its requirement that lawyers tell clients about their complaints procedures before any work has been done.’
Legal Futures, 24th May 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has stepped up the pressure on the Law Society’s role as the approved regulator of solicitors by announcing a formal investigation into whether the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has sufficient independence.’
Legal Futures, 17th February 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) will next year carry out the first formal assessment of how the profession’s regulators have performed in improving diversity in their parts of the law, it has announced.’
Legal Futures, 16th February 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Giving the judiciary a role in appointments to the Legal Services Board could help protect the independence of the legal profession, the Law Society has suggested. Responding to the government’s call for opinions on the future existence and shape of the legal super-regulator, Chancery Lane warns of the international perception that the LSB is an arm of the state.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 19th December 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The publication of the LSB’s vision for legislative reform of legal services regulation on 12 September has generated a healthy level of interest and debate. This can, on the surface, seem a somewhat dry subject. However, it has an impact not just on existing regulated practitioners, but also on providers of legal services more generally, as well as everyone who uses or benefits from an effective legal sector. And, let’s face it, that’s all of us.’
Legal Futures, 25th October 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) publishes today its vision for legislative reform of the regulatory framework for legal services in England and Wales.’
Legal Services Board, 12th September 2016
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
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