Numbers of newly qualified solicitors and barristers continue to grow One in six new trainee solicitors on flexible professional course Press Release: Wednesday 17 July 2024 The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) today publishes its annual report for 2023 on the admission policies of the legal professions. The report, Pathways to the Professions 2023: Annual [...]
Legal Partnerships Legal partnerships are a new business structure for barristers, or barristers and solicitors. They will be introduced by the LSRA in autumn 2024. On this page you can learn more about what legal partnerships are and how the new regulatory framework will operate. Introducing legal partnerships [...]
Solicitors directed to pay €45,111 in compensation to their clients Barristers advised failure to update details on Roll may now be misconduct Press Release: Friday 26 April 2024 The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) today publishes its first complaints report for 2024 which shows it received 637 complaints in a six month period, with 796 complaints [...]
The LSRA today publishes its second report under its independent complaints handling regime which shows it received 605 complaints about solicitors and barristers in a six month period. Today’s report is based on complaints made to the legal services regulator between 7 March and 6 September 2020.  The statistical data in the report includes: The [...]
The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) invites submissions as part of a public consultation prior to the making and issuing of regulations in relation to the advertising of legal services. To see the full notice, visit our Section 218 Public Consultation page. The closing date for submissions is 2 December 2019.