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
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
Chief Ombudsman's introduction: a step change and an evolution 14/05/2024 The Office for Legal Complaints’ latest Annual Report and Accounts, published this week, highlights the step-change LeO has made in 2022/23. As we commit to staying the course in improving our service, we’re also looking ahead to the LeO of the future. Tagged: LeO News Annual Report Strategy
Appointment of three new non-executive directors welcomed 26/03/2024 Appointment of three new non-executive directors welcomed Tagged: Office for Legal Complaints
LeO News – Edition 21 is out 26/03/2024 LeO News is the Legal Ombudsman’s quarterly newsletter. Tagged: Newsletter
The LeO Process 26/03/2024 Guidance and resources on the ombudsman scheme Tagged: How we work Our approach Scheme Rules FAQs case studies LeO process