The LSRA will be operating with limited opening hours over the Christmas and New Year period. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. LSRA complaints phone service Christmas opening hours: The LSRA complaints phone service will be closed over the Christmas period and will reopen at 10a.m. on Tuesday 3rd [...]
Regulator advises legal practitioners to comply with its directions or face High Court enforcement action Press release: Friday 18 November 2022 The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) today publishes its second complaints report for 2022 which shows it received 778 complaints about legal practitioners in a six month period, with 754 complaints closed. The report [...]
The Legal Services Regulatory Authority today publishes its third annual report on the admission policies of the legal professions. The report, Pathways to the Professions 2021: Annual Report on Admission Policies of the Legal Professions, documents the number of persons admitted to practise as both solicitors and barristers in 2021, based on figures supplied to [...]
The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) today publishes its Annual Report for 2021, providing an overview of its performance and outputs for the year. The LSRA is the independent statutory body responsible for the regulation of legal services provision. The year 2021 was the second full year that the LSRA operated as the independent complaints [...]
The EU has imposed a number of further sanctions on Russia and Belarus on foot of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The LSRA has produced a guidance document as part of its role as the competent authority for all barristers in relation to anti-money laundering obligations, and as part of the [...]