Useful organisations 08/05/2024 This page includes information about regulators and advice / support organisations that may be useful to members of the public. Tagged: Signposting Useful organisations Helpful information Legal Ombudsman or SRA? Legal Ombudsman or CLC?
A jurisdiction challenge 26/03/2024 This firm challenged the Legal Ombudsman's involvement in this complaint as they felt they hadn't provided a legal service to the complainant...
Good complaints handling 26/03/2024 Guidance to ensure legal service providers are meeting their statutory requirements as well as best practive resources. Tagged: good complaints handling first tier complaints training and events How we work Complaints process lawyer information solicitor information
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
The Legal Ombudsman's Top tips for responding to complaints 26/03/2024 In our experience, these are the most essential things you need to be aware of when you deal with complaints. Tagged: Responding to complaints Learning resources lawyer information solicitor information
OLC Annual Report and Accounts published 26/03/2024 The Office for Legal Complaints has published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2020/21. This report covers the year from April 2020 to March 2021. Tagged: Annual Report Press release
Ensuring people contact us at the right time 26/03/2024 We’ve made changes to help ensure people contact us at the right time – once their legal service provider has had a chance to look into their complaint. This includes launching a new leaflet that service providers can send. Tagged: Improvements Premature complaints consumer journey Customer journey
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
Blog by Elisabeth Davies, Chair of the OLC 26/03/2024 This article is part of LeO News, edition 24. Tagged: Newsletter Board blog Office for Legal Complaints
Policy Statement - Publishing our Decisions 26/03/2024 Our Policy Statement 2020 sets out why we publish the final decisions made by an ombudsman. Tagged: Policy statement Publishing decisions
Scheme Rules 14/05/2024 Overview of the scheme rules Tagged: Scheme Rules Legal Ombudsman Scheme Governance How we work
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
Stamp duty - feedback for lawyers 26/03/2024 We have put together some tips, based on our experience of resolving disputes around stamp duty, which may help you to ensure your clients aren’t being hit with any nasty surprises. Tagged: stamp duty Legal Ombudsman or CLC? lawyer information solicitor information
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
Poor service - failing to provide an update 26/03/2024 low financial remedy Tagged: Low financial remedy
