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Legal Services Board, the Office for Legal Complaints (the new ombudsman) and “Tesco law” still some way away.

Friday 9 November 2007 at 10:09 am | In News | Post Comment

The Legal Services Act has received Royal Assent and heralds a revolution in how legal services will be delivered to the public.

The chairman of the Legal Services Board and board members are unlikely to be appointed until next year. The Office for Legal Complaints is unlikely to be empowered to handle complaints until autumn 2010.

Alternative business structures, which allow lawyers to form partnerships with outside professionals or invite outside investment, is unlikely to be until at least 2012.

So, the Legal Services Board (LSB) which will regulate the professions, the independent ombudsman, to deal with consumer complaints and new forms of legal practice (“Tesco law”) are all still a long way off.