Legal Ombudsman definition

Legal Ombudsman means the scheme administered by the Office for Legal Complaints under Part 6 of the LSA.
Legal Ombudsman means the ombudsman scheme established by the Office for Legal Complaints.
Legal Ombudsman means the scheme administered by the Office for Legal Complaints under Part 6 of the LSA;

Examples of Legal Ombudsman in a sentence

  • Before accepting a complaint for investigation, the Legal Ombudsman will check that you have tried to resolve your complaint with us first.

  • If still unresolved at this stage, you may take your complaint to the Legal Ombudsman.

  • The Solicitors Regulation Authority is the independent regulatory body of the Law Society and the Legal Ombudsman is the independent complaints handling body of the Law Society.

  • Complaints to the Legal Ombudsman should be made within six years of the act or omission or within three years of you becoming aware of the issue, and in either case within six months of our written response to your complaint to us.

  • The Legal Ombudsman will look at your complaint independently and it will not affect how we handle your matter.

  • Normally, you will need to bring a complaint to the Legal Ombudsman within six months of receiving a final written response from us about your complaint.

  • If we have not resolved it within this time you may complain to the Legal Ombudsman.

  • It is not “guidance” for the purposes of the BSB Handbook I6.4, and neither the BSB nor a disciplinary tribunal nor the Legal Ombudsman is bound by any views or advice expressed in it.

  • The Solicitors Regulation Authority is the independent regulatory body of the Law Society and the Legal Ombudsman is the independent and impartial complaints handling body established by the Legal Services Act 2007.

  • Normally, you will have to bring your complaint to the Legal Ombudsman within 6 months of receiving a final response from us about your complaint and 6 years from the date of the act or omission giving rise to the complaint or alternatively 3 years from the date you should reasonably have known there are grounds for complaint (if the act/omission took place before 6 October 2010 or was more than 6 years ago).


More Definitions of Legal Ombudsman

Legal Ombudsman means the scheme administered by the Office for LegalComplaints under Part 6 of the LSA;
Legal Ombudsman means Legal Ombudsman appointed under Part 18;

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