Does the Legal Services Board threaten change for no win, no fee solicitors?
At the start of the year, the Legal Services Board came into existence, and it’s already issued a draft business plan in which it details how it intends to go forth in making the law work for consumers. Naturally, the no win, no fee solicitors here pricked up their ears the moment it came out, and several are, even now, looking closely at the document on their screens. It’s important that we understand this new body; our personal injury lawyers are already under the governorship of the Solicitors Regulation Authority, and would be subject to the Legal Complaints Service, and both of those have just come within the power of the new LSB. The same is true of the professional body that unites them, the Law Society. At first glance, it seems benign – the document talks about maintaining a light touch and not interfering too strongly. We believe we’re running an excellent service for people making compensation claims, and already doing so for the benefit of the injured parties who use us, so
