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 [...]
Slight growth in numbers of practising solicitors and barristers amid signs of  increased demand for legal services in post-Covid economic boost The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) today publishes its annual report for 2022 on the admission policies of the legal professions. The report, Pathways to the Professions 2022: Annual Report on Admission Policies of [...]
The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) today publishes its Annual Report for 2021, 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 2021 was the second full year that the LSRA operated as the independent complaints [...]
Barristers’ Insurance Practising barristers are required by law to have Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII). On this page you can learn more about PII and your obligations under the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 and the PII Regulations 2019. The Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 Section 46(1) of the [...]
LSRA report shows 673 complaints received and 646 complaints closed in five month period Regulator encourages legal practitioners to engage positively in complaints process to help resolve complaints early on Regulator cautions consumers and legal practitioners on risks of cybercrime Press release: 4 October 2021 The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) today publishes its second [...]