Solicitors directed to pay €45,111 in compensation to their clients Barristers advised failure to update details on Roll may now be misconduct Press Release: Friday 26 April 2024 The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) today publishes its first complaints report for 2024 which shows it received 637 complaints in a six month period, with 796 complaints [...]
Regulator welcomes operation of new independent Tribunal for misconduct complaints Press Release: Wednesday 27 September 2023 The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) today publishes its second complaints report for 2023 which shows it received 655 complaints about legal practitioners in a six month period, with 671 complaints closed. The report provides details of the number [...]
Regulator advises legal practitioners to comply with its directions or face High Court enforcement action Press release: Friday 18 November 2022 The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) today publishes its second complaints report for 2022 which shows it received 778 complaints about legal practitioners in a six month period, with 754 complaints closed. The report [...]
Legal practitioners reminded of LSRA rules on advertising of legal services Press release: Thursday 7 April 2022 The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) today publishes its first complaints report for 2022 which shows it received 822 complaints about legal practitioners in a six month period, with 811 complaints closed. The report provides details of the [...]
LSRA survey of recently qualified solicitors and barristers who are currently not practising is now closed. In February 2022, the LSRA along with independent research company Behaviour & Attitudes (B&A), carried out an online anonymised survey of recently qualified solicitors and barristers who have chosen not to practise at this time. The survey responses [...]