By Gazette reporter2021-05-24T11:12:00+01:00
The Law Society has today launched its member survey on the Practising Certificate fee for 2021/22. The Society proposes to maintain its share of the overall PC fee collection at £28.5m, the same level as in 20/21. Representing the views of the profession has never been more important, given the ongoing implications of the pandemic and Brexit, and the unprecedented market transformation and regulatory change, said Society president I. Stephanie Boyce. We understand the pressure that our members remain under and that is why we will keep our cost to members flat next year – this follows a 10% fee reduction in the current year.
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By John Hyde2021-03-11T15:31:00+00:00
The Legal Ombudsman is set to scale back plans for a 19% budget increase after admitting it was ‘asking for a lot’.
The Office for Legal Complaints, which oversees the complaints body, had wanted to increase spending to £15.26m for 2021/22 to deal with a backlog of thousands of unopened cases. But OLC chair Elisabeth Davies admitted this week that following widespread opposition from lawyer representative groups that the business plan and budget will be revised.
The new budget forecast has not been revealed, but has been agreed by the OLC board and will be considered by the Legal Services Board when it meets later this month.