Division
Records of the Lay Observer
Catalogue reference: Division within LCO
What's it about?
Division within LCO
Records of the Lay Observer relating to the investigation of allegations against solicitors and their employees.Complaints files are in LCO 18, reports on complaints in LCO 59 and administrative files in LCO 25
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Division within LCO
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the Lay Observer
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1973-1994
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Lay Observer relating to the investigation of allegations against solicitors and their employees.
Complaints files are in LCO 18, reports on complaints in LCO 59 and administrative files in LCO 25
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records of the Lay Observer's successor body see
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Lay Observer, 1974-1990
- Legal Services Ombudsman, 1990-1990
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 series
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The office of the Lay Observer was set up following the Solicitors Act 1974. This act empowered the Lord Chancellor to appoint one or more persons as lay observers to examine allegations made by or on behalf of a member of the public concerning the Law Society's treatment of a complaint about a solicitor, or an employee of a solicitor, made to the Society by that member of the public or on her/his behalf. The act stipulated that no solicitor or barrister was to be appointed a lay observer.
The Lay Observer ceased to operate in 1990 and was replaced by the Legal Services Ombudsman.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1046/
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Records of the Lay Observer