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
Governance agreements 26/03/2024 Agreements which set out the working relationship between the Legal Ombudsman and other external stakeholders Tagged: Office for Legal Complaints governance Memorandum of Understanding
OLC Annual Report 2018-19 published 26/03/2024 OLC Annual Report 2018-19 published Tagged: Press release Annual Report Office for Legal Complaints
How to complain to your service provider 26/03/2024 Our factsheet will tell you more about how we investigate your complaints. Tagged: complaint about a lawyer complaint about a solicitor factsheets make a complaint
Legal Ombudsman proposes technical changes to Scheme Rules 26/03/2024 Legal Ombudsman proposes technical changes to Scheme Rules Tagged: Guidance Scheme Rules Office for Legal Complaints Consultation
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
Business Plan and Budget 2022/23 26/03/2024 Business Plan and Budget 2022-23 Tagged: Office for Legal Complaints Business plan and budget
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
Blog by Elisabeth Davies, Chair of the OLC 26/03/2024 Blog by Elisabeth Davies, Chair of the OLC Tagged: Board blog Newsletter Office for Legal Complaints
OLC Operating framework 26/03/2024 Section 117 of the Legal Services Act requires the Legal Ombudsman to “have regard to such generally accepted principles of good corporate governance as it is reasonable to regard as applicable to it”. The purpose of this document is to demonstrate how the OLC is discharging this obligation under the Act. Tagged: OLC Operating framework OLC Office for Legal Complaints
