LSB issues warning notice to Bar Standards Board

Notice states the Board is considering rejecting BSB application to amend aspects of the “Cab Rank Rule”

23 January 2012

Schedule 4 to the Legal Services Act 2007 (“the Act”) provides that Approved Regulators must obtain approval from the Legal Services Board (LSB) to alter any of their Regulatory Arrangements. The LSB has issued a notice, referred to as a “warning notice” under Paragraph 21(1)(b) of Schedule 4 to the Act, in respect of the BSB’s application to alter its regulatory arrangements concerning aspects of the Cab Rank Rule. The notice has been given because the LSB is considering whether to refuse the application. The LSB may now invite advice from other parties and has a period of up to 18 months from Friday 20 January 2012 to reach a decision.

A copy of the warning notice and more information on this and other applications can be found by clicking here.