Registers of interests and expenses 04/06/2024 Registers for the OLC, Senior Management and Ombudsman team Tagged: Office for Legal Complaints governance
Customer Service Principles 26/03/2024 This page sets out the values and the customer service principles that provide the framework for how the Legal Ombudsman resolves disputes, conducts investigations and engages with stakeholders. The core values are: open, fair, independent, effecitive. The customer service principles are: we will always be clear with you / we will be understanding and approachable / we will make good use of everyone's time / we will be impartial, thorough and base our work on facts / we will make a difference. Tagged: complaints handling resolving disputes customer service principles
Best practice complaint handling guide 26/03/2024 The aim of this guide is to help you improve the overall service you provide to your customers. By sharing best practice with you, we hope you will be able to reduce the number of complaints that are escalated to the Legal Ombudsman and improve service standards across the profession. Tagged: Signposting complaint handling best practice scheme rules language responding to complaints final response remedies
Board papers and minutes 02/07/2024 OLC board papers and minutes Tagged: OLC Office for Legal Complaints governance
Complaining about closed service providers 14/05/2024 This factsheet explains how we look at complaints against service providers who are no longer open. Most of the complaints that are brought to us are about solicitors and the information here concentrates on those service providers. Tagged: Closed legal firms closed legal service providers factsheets consumer journey
Service provider advice line 26/03/2024 Service provider advice line - Legal Ombudsman Tagged: Legal Ombudsman service
Transparency and Reporting Impact 18/07/2024 A discussion paper on the options for publishing a wider range of information data about the decisions and complaints investigated by the Legal Ombudsman Tagged: Consultation Transparency governance
Data centre 26/03/2024 Data about organisational performance, complaints and ombudsman decisions. Tagged: Data centre Peformance data Complaints data decision data Research and reports
Investigating your complaint 26/03/2024 In this section we will tell you more about how we investigate your complaints. Tagged: investigating complaints factsheets Resolving complaints
OLC: publication of board papers, 2020 26/03/2024 OLC: publication of board papers, 2020 Tagged: Office for Legal Complaints governance Board minutes
OLC: publication of board papers 26/03/2024 OLC: publication of board papers October 2020 Tagged: Office for Legal Complaints governance Board minutes
Consultation: OLC Business Plan and Budget consultation 2022/23 26/03/2024 Launch of the OLC Business Plan and Budget consultation for 2022/23 Tagged: Office for Legal Complaints Consultation strategy and business plan
Blog by Elisabeth Davies, Chair of the OLC 26/03/2024 Elisabeth Davies, Chair of the OLC, provides an update on the Legal Ombudsman's 21/22 Business Plan. Tagged: Board blog OLC news