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
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
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
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
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
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
Our responses to consultations 26/03/2024 Responses sent by the Legal Ombudsman to other organisations consultations and discussions. Tagged: Closed consultations Consultation responses governance
Client not advised about six month rule 26/03/2024 A woman who complained to her solicitor she had not been properly represented in court was not sign-posted to the Legal Ombudsman Tagged: Six month limit Our rules
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 Newsletter Office for Legal Complaints
Our recent engagement: listening and learning 26/03/2024 We regularly engage with a range of organisations with a shared interest in better legal services and dispute resolution. We’ve recently delivered training, attended conferences, as well as meeting with the with the Legal Services Consumer Panel and ombudsman schemes from across the UK and Ireland. Tagged: LeO News Engagement Insight Events