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Legal services board definition

What does Legal services board mean? The Legal Services board (LSB) is the independent oversight regulator for legal services in England and Wales. In practice, it supervises the approved frontline regulators (including the Solicitors Regulation Authority, Bar Standards Board, CILEx Regulation and the Council for Licensed Conveyancers), approves their regulatory rule changes and practising fee plans, issues statutory guidance, and can require remedial action to secure compliance with the legal services regulatory objectives. Created by the legal services act 2007, the LSB is a statutory body. It promotes the Act’s regulatory objectives (such as the public interest, the rule of law, consumer protection, competition and...

FCA, ICO and EHRC: key compliance obligations for solicitors—financial services, data protection (UK GDPR/PECR) and equality

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Practice notes

The solicitors’ profession operates within a tightly controlled framework. Alongside the core legal regulators, including the legal services board (LSB) and the solicitors regulation authority (SRA), several other regulatory and public bodies influence the profession and its oversight. This Practice Note outlines how the financial conduct authority (FCA), the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) interact with the regulation of solicitors. For detail on the principal legal regulators, refer to Practice Note: Relationship between legal regulators.

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

The FCA is the UK’s sole statutory supervisor for financial services. Its remit and aims stem chiefly from the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended (FSMA 2000). Functioning independently from government, the FCA is wholly financed by the firms within its regulatory perimeter. The FCA Handbook can be accessed online, where all FCA rules and guidance are published, together with a range of tools designed to help users navigate and apply the Handbook...

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