Legal Services Act 2007
2007 c. 29 · 223 provisionsView on legislation.gov.uk
An Act to make provision for the establishment of the Legal Services Board and in respect of its functions; to make provision for, and in connection with, the regulation of persons who carry on certain legal activities; to make provision for the establishment of the Office for Legal Complaints and for a scheme to consider and determine legal complaints; to make provision about claims management services and about immigration advice and immigration services; to make provision in respect of legal representation provided free of charge; to make provision about the application of the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007; to make provision about the Scottish legal services ombudsman; and for connected purposes.
- AIB Group (UK) Plc (Appellant) v Mark Redler & Co Solicitors (Respondent) [2014] UKSC 58
- Harcus Sinclair LLP and another v Your Lawyers Ltd [2021] UKSC 32
- R (on the application of Prudential plc and another) v Special Commissioner of Income Tax and another [2013] UKSC 1
- R v Legal Services Board [2015] UKSC 41
- Courts and Legal Services Act 1990
- Section 113: Administration of oaths and taking of affidavits.
- Section 17: The statutory objective and the general principle.
- Section 18: The statutory duty.
- Section 18A: The Consultative Panel.
- Section 21: The Legal Services Ombudsman.
- Section 22: Ombudsman’s functions.
- Section 23: Recommendations and orders.
- Section 24: Advisory functions.
- Section 25: Procedure and offences.
- Section 26: Extension of Ombudsman’s remit.
- Section 27: Rights of audience.
- Section 28: Rights to conduct litigation.
- Section 29: Authorised bodies.
- Section 31: Barristers and solicitors.
- Section 31A: Employed advocates.
- Section 34: The Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board.
- Section 35: Functions of the Board and financial provisions.
- Section 36: Provision of conveyancing services by authorised practitioners.
- Section 37: Authorisation of practitioners.
- Section 38: Refusal of approval and imposition of conditions.
- Section 39: Revocation and suspension of authorisation.
- Section 40: Regulations about competence and conduct etc. of authorised practitioners.
- Section 41: The Conveyancing Appeal Tribunals.
- Section 42: Appeals from Tribunals on points of law.
- Section 43: The Conveyancing Ombudsman Scheme.
- Section 44: Compensation scheme.
- Section 45: Advisory and supervisory functions of Office of Fair Trading .
- Section 46: Investigatory powers of OFT.
- Section 46A: Enforcement of notices under section 46
- Section 46B: Altering, etc. documents required to be produced under section 46
- Section 47: Power to obtain information and require production of documents.
- Section 48: Investigations on behalf of the Board.
- Section 49: Restrictions on disclosure of information.
- Section 50: Exceptions from restrictions on disclosure.
- Section 51: Board’s intervention powers.
- Section 52: Board’s intervention powers: supplemental provisions.
- Section 54: Preparation of papers for probate etc.
- Section 55: Preparation of probate papers etc: exemption from section 23(1) of Solicitors Act 1974.
- Section 63: Legal professional privilege.
- Section 68: Preparation of documents etc. by registered patent agents and trade mark agents.
- Section 69: Exemption from liability for damages etc.
- Section 70: Offences.
- Section 86: Commencement, expiry and replacement of practising certificates.
- Section 87: Fees payable on issue of practising certificates.
- Section 88: Additional fee payable by certain solicitors on applying for practising certificates.
- Section 90: The Compensation Fund: incorporated practices.
- Section 93: Redress for inadequate professional services.
- Section 96: Powers of entry etc. of local weights and measures authorities.
- Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995
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