LSB News Archive - 2015
Here you will find the news and press releases from 2015.
| Date | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 30 November 2015 | LSB Chairman responds to Government game-changing plan for families and firms | The Chairman of the Legal Service Board’s response to the Government’s announcement of its game-changing plan for families and firms which includes proposals for the legal services sector. |
| 12 November 2015 | LSB’s ‘understanding changes in prices of legal services’ research launched | The Legal Services Board and OMB Research start today a research project which aims to shed light on and increase understanding in the changes in prices of legal services |
| 27 October 2015 | LSB announces new Chief Executive | The Legal Service Board has appointed Neil Buckley as its new Chief Executive. |
| 22 October 2015 | LSB publishes second report into the legal needs of small businesses | The Legal Services Board publishes today its second report into the legal needs of small businesses. This report updates our original 2013 research into this issue. |
| 23 September 2015 | LSB launches consultation on principles for in-house lawyers | The Legal Services Board opens an eight week consultation on a set of principles that, if adopted, will inform decisions it makes about the regulatory arrangements for in-house lawyers |
| 17 September 2015 | LSB writes to the BSB in relation to compliance with the fourth undertaking | The Chair of the Legal Services Board has written to the Bar Standards Board (BSB) summarising the Board’s decision following the BSB’s submission regarding the ‘fourth undertaking’ arising from the LSB’s Bar Council/BSB internal governance rules investigation |
| 16 September 2015 | LSB publishes report into the unbundling of legal services | The Legal Services Board and the Legal Services Consumer Panel publish today their joint report into unbundling of legal services (where a package of legal services is separated into parts and the work shared between the consumer and lawyer). |
| 15 September 2015 | LSB publishes report on the in-depth study into the cost of regulation | The Legal Service Board publishes today its follow-up report (to the cost of regulation survey) into cost of regulation in the legal sector. This report focuses on those costs that are incurred solely to comply with legal services regulation and that do not serve any other business or wider regulatory purpose. |
| 29 July 2015 | LSB publishes report on regulation of in-house lawyers | The Legal Services Board publishes today responses received to its discussion paper: Are regulatory restrictions in practising rules for in-house lawyers justified? as well as its summary of those responses. |
| 27 July 2015 | The case for change: legislative options beyond the Legal Services Act 2007 | The LSB today publishes a paper exploring options for reform of the Legal Services Act 2007. |
| 21 July 2015 | LSB Chief Executive to step down in February 2016 | The Legal Services Board Chief Executive Richard Moriarty will be stepping down from his role in February 2016. |
| 20 July 2015 | LSB publishes regulators’ collective response to the cross-economy drive to find more opportunities for deregulation | The Legal Services Board today publishes the collective response to the cross-economy drive to find more opportunities for deregulation of all the legal services regulators of England and Wales. |
| 09 July 2015 | LSB Chief Executive speaks at Westminster Legal Policy Forum event on innovation in legal services | The Legal Services Board Chief Executive Richard Moriarty spoke at the Westminster Legal Policy Forum event: Innovation in legal services market – growth, skills and new business models. |
| 07 July 2015 | LSB and SRA publish joint research into innovation in legal services | The Legal Services Board and the Solicitors Regulation Authority publish today joint research undertaken by the Enterprise Research Centre into the state of play of innovation in the legal services sector. |
| 24 June 2015 | LSB welcomes the result of the QASA appeal | The Supreme Court today dismissed the appeal challenging the lawfulness of the Legal Services Board’s decision to approve implementation of the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA). |
| 19 June 2015 | LSB and OLC confirm new performance and reporting arrangements | The LSB is today publishing details of statutory arrangements agreed with OLC to enable improved performance monitoring. |
| 09 June 2015 | LSB annual report 2014/15 published today | The Legal Services Board publishes its annual report for the 2014/15 period following its laying before Parliament today. |
| 1 June 2015 | LSB thanks the Office for Legal Complaints for their report | LSB has thanked the OLC for the report it has received from them on complaints received by the ombudsman concerning the transparency of the cost of legal services |
| 22 May 2015 | LSB writes to all regulators regarding Office for legal Complaints report on transparency of legal services costs | LSB asks regulators to continue to monitor the area of price transparency to ensure good consumer outcomes are secured. |
| 14 May 2015 | LSB launches survey of legal services regulators' performance | The LSB is launching a survey seeking views from people about their recent experiences with legal services regulators. |
| 27 March 2015 | LSB announces new members of the Office for Legal Complaints | The Legal Services Board announces five new members of the Office of Legal Complaint, which is the Board of the Legal Ombudsman and is responsible for the administration of the scheme. |
| 26 March 2015 | LSB publishes its three year strategic plan and this year’s business plan | The LSB publishes today its 2015-18 strategy and its 2015/16 business plan. |
| 25 March 2015 | LSB publishes report on diversity data collection and transparency | The LSB publishes today its second report on regulators progress against guidance issued in 2011 on diversity and social mobility data collection and transparency. |
| 19 March 2015 | LSB and LSCP publish joint report outlining the consumer experience of online divorce | The LSB and the LSCP today jointly publish a report comparing the consumer experience of online divorce with more traditional services. |
| 18 March 2015 | LSB issues report detailing the findings of phase one its of cost of regulation research project | The LSB today issued a report detailing the findings of phase one its of cost of regulation research project which was conducted in the Autumn of 2014 |
| 12 March 2015 | MoJ / LSB announces new Board member | The Lord Chancellor has announced the appointment of a new member to the Board of the LSB. |
| 11 March 2015 | Chairman of the LSB addresses Modern Law Conference | The Chairman of the Legal Service Board address to the Modern Law Magazine’s Modern Law Conference 2015. |
| 26 February 2015 | LSB puts spotlight on regulation of in-house lawyers | The Legal Services Board puts spotlight on regulation of in-house lawyers through the publication today of a discussion paper on the issue. |
| 25 February 2015 | LSB publishes regulatory standards performance report 2014/15 | Legal Services Board publishes its update report on the regulatory standards performance of the frontline legal services regulators. |
| 23 February 2015 | LSB issues update on Ministerial summit 2014 follow-up work | LSB publishes details of work arising following the Ministerial summit 2014 |