Legal Services Board

We are now on Bluesky! 🦋 If you are there too, please connect with us: ➡️ bsky.app/profile/legals… You can also find us on LinkedIn: ➡️ linkedin.com/company/legal-…… #ReshapingLegalServices

More information can be found on our website: legalservicesboard.org.uk/about-us/work-…

We are recruiting a Director of Policy and Strategy to join our team. The closing date for applications is 8 April 2026 at 5pm.

@LubaMacpherson Thank you for your message responding to our consultation on ‘Upholding Professional Ethical Duties'. We confirm it has been received and will be considered as part of our consultation.

@LSB_EngandWal Response to Consultation on ‘Upholding Professional Ethical Duties' Dear Sir or Madam, I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this consultation on upholding professional ethical duties within legal services regulation. Having engaged in multiple consultations in the past, including the Ministry of Justice’s ‘Open Justice: Your Call for Evidence’ and the Duty of Candour review, I have consistently provided detailed evidence of systemic failures within the justice system. Despite submitting extensive documentation, including a ‘Psychiatric and Human Rights Abuse Report’ and a ‘Report into Prolonged Criminality and Request for Investigation’ to the police, I have received no response, and the injustices persist. I remain unfairly prosecuted, and my daughter continues to suffer abuse, highlighting a fundamental failure of legal and professional ethics in practice. Key Concerns Lack of Accountability and Action: The legal system must not only establish ethical standards but also ensure mechanisms exist to enforce them. Regulators and policymakers must address specific instances of professional misconduct and systemic failures, rather than treating consultations as theoretical exercises. Failure to Investigate Individual Complaints: Ethical duties should encompass a clear obligation to investigate complaints thoroughly and impartially. A justice system that ignores direct evidence of wrongdoing while allowing those in power to act with impunity undermines public trust and the rule of law. Transparency and Open Justice: Regulators must ensure legal professionals uphold ethical standards in a transparent manner. The judiciary, social workers, police, and legal representatives must be held accountable when they fail to adhere to ethical obligations, particularly in cases involving vulnerable individuals. Real Consequences for Ethical Breaches: Proposing ethical guidelines without enforcement mechanisms renders them meaningless. If legal professionals—whether judges, barristers, or social workers—violate their professional duties, they should face tangible consequences, including disciplinary action and criminal prosecution where applicable. Call for Action Until policymakers commit to investigating individual complaints and holding those responsible to account—including senior police officials, council leaders, judiciary members, and policymakers—true justice cannot be achieved. Ethical duties must go beyond words and be enforced through meaningful oversight and accountability. I urge regulators to: Establish an independent oversight body to review ethical breaches and failures to uphold justice. Ensure all legal professionals are required to engage with and respond to documented reports of abuse, misconduct, and systemic failures. Implement penalties for those who enable or cover up ethical violations. Justice cannot be served when those in power act with impunity. It is time for real change, and it is time to restore integrity to the justice system. legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/consu…

📣 Dr  Natasha Shotunde will speak at the Reshaping Legal Services Conference on 6 March 2025. There'll be hybrid sessions on rebuilding public confidence in #LegalServices, improving #AccessToJustice & making the #LegalProfession inclusive.🌐 Register▶️ buff.ly/40v33on

I’m hosting the Reshaping Legal Services Conference on 6 March 2025. Sessions on rebuilding public confidence in legal services, improving access to justice, and making the legal profession inclusive with opportunities to collaborate and network. Register: buff.ly/40v33on #LegalServices

You can now book to attend the Reshaping Legal Services Conference 2025! 📅 6 March 2025 📍 The King’s Fund, London / online We are bringing together people with a part to play in improving legal services for those who need them. Register today! events.ringcentral.com/events/reshapi…

1 in 3 adults with a legal dispute do not have their legal needs met. We are determined that regulation promotes access to justice and enables people to find and use the legal services they need. Find out more in our summary annual report: legalservicesboard.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

Legal services are the bedrock of a fair, free, and prosperous society. We are determined to ensure proportionate regulation enables a strong, inclusive and competitive legal services profession. Find out more about our work in our summary annual report: legalservicesboard.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

Lovely to be back in Earlham Hall @uealaw again yesterday with my @SuffolkLawCen colleagues for a well-attended @LSB_EngandWal meeting on Reshaping Legal Services

We’re also looking forward to visiting @BrisLawCentre @BristolUni Law Clinic, and @CABBristol on Tuesday. We’re then holding our September Board meeting in the city this Wednesday. #ReshapingLegalServices

Our Board is in Bristol this week meeting people from across the sector in the West Country. Join us @ClarkeWillmott on 17 Sept, 4- 6pm, to discuss issues inc. access to justice, legal tech, diversity and inclusion, and professional ethics. Sign up: reshapinglegalservices.org.uk/2024/07/19/sta…

Our Prices of Legal Services Survey is now underway, conducted by @Pye_Tait. More info on our website: legalservicesboard.org.uk/prices2024

1 in 3 adults with a legal dispute do not have their legal needs met. We are determined that regulation promotes access to justice and enables people to find and use the legal services they need. Find out more in our summary annual report: legalservicesboard.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

What are the challenges facing the legal sector in the West Country? We’re in Bristol on 17 Sept & want to hear your thoughts & solutions. Let's collaborate! Kindly hosted by @ClarkeWillmott, we'll explore access to justice, legal tech, ethics & more. reshapinglegalservices.org.uk/2024/07/19/sta…

We are recruiting a new member for the Legal Services Consumer Panel. If you understand the needs of people who do not have access to the legal help they need, we would love to hear from you. Find out more and apply: wig.co.uk/external-vacan… @LegalServicesCP

Great to see our our Senior Consultant Rachel Krengel's systems mapping work for @LSB_EngandWal featured in @lawsocgazette & @legalfutures. - hubs.la/Q02Njf7N0 - hubs.la/Q02NjgSm0 💡 Learn more about systems mapping: hubs.la/Q02Njdzt0

📢Our research for @LSB_EngandWal, @MoJGovUK and the Judicial Diversity Forum uses secondary data from the legal regulators to examine where potential judicial candidates ‘fall off’ the pipeline. You can read the study in full here 👇 legalservicesboard.org.uk/news/legal-ser…

Join us in Bristol on 17 Sept 2024, from 4-6pm, to collaborate on creating legal services that better meet the needs of society. The event will cover topics such as access to justice, technology, professional ethics, public trust, and more. Find out more: bit.ly/46tuyBe