Annual Report 2024 shows 14% increase in complaints The LSRA today publishes its report Pathways to the Professions 2024: Annual Report on Admission Policies of the Legal Professions. The report documents the number of persons admitted to practise as both solicitors and barristers in 2024, based on figures supplied by the professional bodies in the sector. [...]
Press Release: Thursday 10 July 2025 LSRA Publishes Annual Pathways Report on Admissions to Legal Professions 2024 Barrister and solicitor numbers grow despite slight annual decrease in new entrants Almost one in five solicitor trainees undertake part-time training programme The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) today publishes its annual report for 2024 on the [...]
Annual Report 2024 shows 14% increase in complaints The LSRA’s Annual Report for 2024 highlights a continued increase in complaints received, up 14% from 1,290 complaints in 2023 to 1,476 in 2024. The Annual Report highlights key activities taken across the organisation in 2024. You can find the 2024 Annual Report in English and Irish on [...]
Press release: 26 June 2025 LSRA Annual Report 2024 shows 14% increase in complaints driven by high volume of banks’ complaints about solicitors Informal resolution effective for more than one in five closed complaints Third successive year of increase in number of closed complaints Informal resolution can be a very effective and efficient way for [...]
Regulator encouraged by growing number of consumers and lawyers willing to engage to resolve complaints informally Press Release: Wednesday 10 July 2024 The number of consumers and legal practitioners willing to engage with each other to informally resolve complaints with the assistance of mediators continues to grow, the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) said in [...]