Section 127: Complaints excluded by scheme rules

Legal Services Act 2007 · 2007 c. 29View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 6: Legal Complaints

Scheme rules may make provision excluding complaints of a description specified in the rules from the jurisdiction of the ombudsman scheme.

But they may not make provision excluding a complaint from the jurisdiction of the ombudsman scheme on the ground that it relates to a matter which has been or could be dealt with under the disciplinary arrangements of the respondent's relevant authorising body.

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