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
OLC publishes 2023/24 Budget, Business Plan and Interim Strategy 14/05/2024 The Office for Legal Complaints has published its Business Plan and Budget for 2023/24 for the Legal Ombudsman (LeO), together with an interim strategy for 2023-24.
Ruling that an offer is reasonable 26/03/2024 The ombudsman decision is that the offer for compensation, made by the solicitor, is reasonable. Tagged: Our rules
Our people 26/03/2024 This page shows the members of the Office for Legal Complaints, the Executive team of the Legal Ombudsman and the Ombudsman team. Tagged: Board Ombudsman Executive Team Chief Ombudsman Chief Operating Officer Ombudsman team meet the team
How We Work 26/03/2024 Every year we help resolve thousands of complaints about the legal service from consumers who are unhappy with their legal service provider. Tagged: common complaints Scheme Rules governance case studies Consumers Ombudsman regulated firms
OLC Board update 26/03/2024 Elisabeth Davies, Chair of the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC), provides an update on the OLC's board meeting. Tagged: Office for Legal Complaints Board blog
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
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
Who We Are 13/05/2024 Our job is to help resolve disputes between consumers and legal service providers. We are independent and impartial and base our assessment on the evidence provided. We aim to reach a resolution that is fair and that works for everyone involved. We help consumers to resolve complaints. We also help legal service providers to better understand such complaints, so they don’t happen again. Tagged: Office for Legal Complaints OLC Legal Ombudsman Scheme How we work
Consultation: Business Plan and Budget 2021/22 26/03/2024 Consultation on the Office for Legal Complaints Business Plan and Budget 2021/22 Tagged: Consultation Office for Legal Complaints strategy and business plan governance
Policy statement: Publishing our decisions 26/03/2024 The Legal Services Act 2007 allows the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC) to publish reports of investigations or Ombudsman decisions if it considers it “appropriate to do so in any particular case”. In considering what the OLC considers to be “appropriate” for publication, it has been guided by the regulatory objectives of the Legal Services Act. Tagged: Publishing decisions Corporate policies Policy statement