The Legal Services Regulatory Authority today publishes its third annual report on the admission policies of the legal professions. The report, Pathways to the Professions 2021: Annual Report on Admission Policies of the Legal Professions, documents the number of persons admitted to practise as both solicitors and barristers in 2021, based on figures supplied to [...]
The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) today publishes its Annual Report for 2020, providing an overview of its performance and outputs for the year. The LSRA is the independent statutory body responsible for the regulation of legal services provision. The year 2020 was the first full year that the LSRA has operated the legal framework [...]
Applications for Senior Counsel Legal practitioners may apply to be granted a Patent of Precedence under Section 174 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015. On this page you can find out when and how to apply to the Advisory Committee on the grant of Patents of Precedence which makes recommendations to Government. [...]
What You Can Complain About What you can make a complaint about The LSRA receives and investigates complaints about legal practitioners – solicitors and barristers. We handle three types of complaints about: Inadequate legal services: when the client considers the legal service was not of a standard that [...]
The LSRA today takes over the regulation of advertising by legal practitioners, with the introduction of new regulations. The Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Advertising) Regulations 2020 apply to print, audio and visual advertisements, including online advertising. The regulations apply to solicitors, firms of solicitors and barristers as well as limited liability partnerships (LLPs) who [...]