Legal Regulation

The regulatory body for English solicitors is facing enforcement action in connection with the dramatic closure of Axiom Ince following a damning independent review carried out by Carson McDowell. Around £60 million in client money was missing and around 1,400 people lost their jobs when Axiom

Lawyers have been told to pay out over €470,000 in compensation and refunds since the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) began handling complaints five years ago, a new report reveals. The LSRA today published its second bi-annual complaints report of 2024 and the 10th since the LSRA to

Artificial intelligence, access to justice and ethics in the legal profession are among the issues being examined by the two-day International Conference of Legal Regulators (ICLR) which opened this morning in Dublin. Ireland's Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) is hosting the 12th annual ev

Work on regulations paving the way for solicitors and barristers to jointly provide legal services for the first time will begin following the passing of new legislation. The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) said it will soon begin consulting with the Law Society and the Bar Council on the

Lawyers were directed to pay nearly €44,000 in compensation payments by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) in the past six months on the foot of complaints from members of the public. The LSRA's first complaints report for 2023 shows it received 595 complaints in the six-month perio

Solicitors will be required to do more to protect client moneys under new regulations coming into effect this summer. The Solicitors Accounts Regulations 2023 will come into force from 1 July 2023, replacing most of the Solicitor Accounts Regulations 2014.

The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) has secured High Court orders against two solicitors in the first use of its enforcement powers since it began receiving complaints three years ago. The regulator's second complaints report for 2022 reveals that the LSRA has made two successful enforcem

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in England and Wales has commissioned the Universities of York, Cardiff, and Lancaster to lead a new independent review into why it receives more reports about Black, Asian and minority ethnic solicitors than their white colleagues. The project will also rev

People complaining about their solicitors are being forced to wait for up to two years for their complaints to be opened by the Legal Ombudsman, The Times reports. Staff at the industry-funded arbitration scheme are so overwhelmed that nearly one in four are leaving every year.

John Elliot, the Law Society of Ireland's director of regulation and registrar of solicitors, will retire this week after nearly two decades in the role. Mr Elliot, who joined the Law Society in 2004 and served as a member of its senior management team, is taking early retirement on Friday.

The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) has launched a short survey ahead of the publication of its third strategic plan later this year. The anonymous survey, which can be found on the LSRA website, invites the views of stakeholders and the public to assist in identifying strategic prioritie

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has launched a new online professional conduct complaint section on its website. The new section, which has been developed by the Society’s professional conduct department, aims to support those wishing to raise a complaint about the professional conduct of

More than 70 people have applied for appointment as lay members of the new Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal. The tribunal, established under the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015, is expected to commence its work later this year.

The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) received over 600 complaints in the first five months of the new independent complaints handling regime, according to a new report. The watchdog has published the first of its bi-annual reports on complaints against solicitors and barristers made in the

Northern Ireland's inaugural Legal Services Oversight Commissioner (LSOC), whose powers have still not come into effect, has been reappointed for a second three-year term. Marian Cree was appointed to the role in April 2017, but secondary legislation to enact the LSOC's powers could not be introduce