Category: Legal Services Board

Lawyers could be forced to sign up to comparison websites – Legal Futures

Posted February 3rd, 2020 in barristers, competition, internet, law firms, legal profession, legal services, Legal Services Board, news, solicitors by sally

‘Law firms, chambers and other legal services providers could be forced to sign up to comparison websites so that clients can let others know about the quality of service they received.’

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Legal Futures, 3rd February 2020

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

LSB launches continuing competence inquiry – Legal Futures

Posted January 22nd, 2020 in barristers, continuing professional development, inquiries, legal profession, Legal Services Board, news, quality assurance, solicitors by sally

‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has launched a call for evidence on continuing competence, the first stage in a promised review of the issue that could lead to periodic checks on lawyers’ fitness to practise.’

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Legal Futures, 22nd January 2020

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Approval of SQE not a foregone conclusion, LSB warns – Legal Futures

Posted November 13th, 2019 in examinations, legal education, Legal Services Board, news, solicitors, Solicitors Regulation Authority by sally

‘Approval of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) is not a foregone conclusion, the Legal Services Board (LSB) is to make clear to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).’

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Legal Futures, 12th November 2019

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Warning shot for BSB after it axes Legal Choices funding – Legal Futures

Posted November 5th, 2019 in barristers, budgets, Legal Services Board, news by sally

‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has issued a thinly veiled warning to the Bar Standards Board (BSB) over the need to invest “substantially” in consumer information after its controversial decision to withdraw from funding Legal Choices.’

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Legal Futures, 5th November 2019

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

LSB builds case for ‘continuing competence’ push – Legal Futures

Posted October 31st, 2019 in continuing professional development, legal profession, Legal Services Board, news, quality assurance by sally

‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has heard calls for regulators to take a more “hands-on” approach to ensuring that lawyers remain competent through their careers.’

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Legal Futures, 31st October 2019

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Mega-survey highlights need to grow “legal confidence” – Legal Futures

Posted October 30th, 2019 in Law Society, legal profession, legal services, Legal Services Board, news, statistics by sally

‘The largest legal needs survey ever run in England and Wales shows what a difference professional advice and ‘legal confidence’ among consumers makes to the outcome of their matters.’

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Legal Futures, 30th October 2019

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

LSB could start reviewing regulators’ disciplinary files – Legal Futures

Posted October 17th, 2019 in disciplinary procedures, Legal Services Board, news by sally

‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) could start reviewing regulators’ case files to increase its oversight of the quality of their disciplinary decisions in the wake of the Leigh Day case, it has emerged.’

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Legal Futures, 17th October 2019

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Report on legal services regulation presents case for further reform – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted September 18th, 2019 in consumer protection, legal services, Legal Services Board, news, reports by sally

‘The potential harm to consumers arising from enduring weaknesses in legal services regulation justifies further reform, says a report published today by University College London’s Centre for Ethics and Law.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 17th September 2019

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

BSB passes regulatory test on advocacy quality – Legal Futures

Posted September 3rd, 2019 in advocacy, barristers, Legal Services Board, news, quality assurance, Solicitors Regulation Authority, standards by sally

‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has said the Bar Standards Board (BSB) now meets the standard it set for improving the quality of advocacy – unlike the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and CILEx Regulation (CR), whose work is ongoing.’

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Legal Futures, 3rd September 2019

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

LSB eyes public legal education initiatives – Legal Futures

Posted August 21st, 2019 in legal education, legal services, Legal Services Board, news by sally

‘The Legal Service Board (LSB) might develop targets for improving the “legal capability” of consumers, in its first push on public legal education (PLE).’

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Legal Futures, 21st August 2019

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Green light for civil standard of proof at SDT – Legal Futures

Posted July 30th, 2019 in civil justice, consultations, disciplinary procedures, Legal Services Board, news, professional conduct, solicitors, standard of proof by sally

‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has approved the change in the standard of proof used by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) to the civil standard.’

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Legal Futures, 29th July 2019

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Chambers “must publish” data on sexual orientation and religion – Legal Futures

Posted July 9th, 2019 in barristers, diversity, homosexuality, internet, Legal Services Board, news by sally

‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has approved a new rule requiring chambers to include sexual orientation and religion in the diversity data they publish on their websites, whether or not all of their barristers agree.’

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Legal Futures, 9th July 2019

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

LSB report: Buy-in vital for legal technology regulation – Legal Futures

Posted July 9th, 2019 in artificial intelligence, computer programs, legal services, Legal Services Board, news, reports by sally

‘Achieving buy-in for technology regulation from everyone involved in lawtech – from developers to users – is crucial to it working well, a new analysis has suggested.’

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Legal Futures, 8th July 2019

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

SDT president: Concerns over civil standard of proof “misplaced” – Legal Futures

Posted June 26th, 2019 in civil justice, disciplinary procedures, employment tribunals, Law Society, Legal Services Board, news, solicitors, standard of proof, statistics by sally

‘Concerns over the decision of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) to move from the criminal to the civil standard of proof are “misplaced”, the tribunal’s president has said.’

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Legal Futures, 26th June 2019

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

LSB agrees to limit price transparency to public access barristers – Legal Futures

Posted June 25th, 2019 in advertising, barristers, fees, internet, Legal Services Board, news by sally

‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has approved plans by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) which will require public access barristers, but not other self-employed barristers, to publish fees for routine legal services on their websites.’

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Legal Futures, 25th June 2019

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Green light for new regime on when to report rule breaches – Legal Futures

Posted May 21st, 2019 in codes of practice, consultations, disciplinary procedures, Legal Services Board, news, non-disclosure agreements, professional conduct, Solicitors Regulation Authority, standards, whistleblowers by sally

‘New requirements for reporting rule breaches to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have been approved by the Legal Services Board (LSB).’

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Legal Futues, 21st May 2019

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SRA and BSB praised for enforcement processes – Legal Futures

Posted March 25th, 2019 in barristers, codes of practice, complaints, disciplinary procedures, enforcement, Legal Services Board, news, solicitors, Solicitors Regulation Authority by sally

‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has given both the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and Bar Standards Board (BSB) a clean bill of health in the way they enforce their rules.’

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Legal Futures, 25th March 2019

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

LSB gives green light to bar training reforms – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted March 1st, 2019 in barristers, inns of court, legal education, Legal Services Board, news, pupillage by sally

‘Oversight regulator the Legal Services Board (LSB) has approved the Bar Standards Board’s (BSB) proposals for changing the training regime for aspiring barristers, which includes reforms to pupillage but retains the roll of the Inns of Court.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 28th February 2019

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

BSB agrees new transparency rules for the Bar – Bar Standards Board

Posted February 1st, 2019 in barristers, codes of practice, consultations, consumer protection, Legal Services Board, press releases by sally

‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) last night agreed new rules to improve transparency standards for barristers’ clients. Subject to Legal Services Board (LSB) approval, the new rules will come into force in May 2019, with compliance spot-checking by the regulator starting from 2020.’

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Bar Standards Board, 1st February 2019

Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk

LSB rules “could stop Law Society from criticising SRA” – Legal Futures

Posted January 24th, 2019 in codes of practice, consultations, Law Society, Legal Services Board, lobbying, news, Solicitors Regulation Authority by sally

‘The Law Society has said it is “deeply concerned” that new rules proposed by the Legal Services Board (LSB) could largely prevent it from either lobbying or criticising the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).’

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Legal Futures, 24th January 2019

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk