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Lord Chancellor's Department: Lay Observer and Legal Services Ombudsman: Reports...

Catalogue reference: LCO 59

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LCO 59

This series contains final letters and reports giving the background and decision relating to the investigation of complaints against solicitors and their employees by the Legal Services Ombudsman. Some early files concern cases referred to but...

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Reference
LCO 59
Title
Lord Chancellor's Department: Lay Observer and Legal Services Ombudsman: Reports on Complaints
Date
1986-2011
Description

This series contains final letters and reports giving the background and decision relating to the investigation of complaints against solicitors and their employees by the Legal Services Ombudsman.

Some early files concern cases referred to but not actioned by the Lay Observer's Office in the period immediately before the establishment of the Legal Services Ombudsman in 1990.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
957 file(s)
Access conditions
Subject to 84 year closure
Immediate source of acquisition

from 1999 to 2015 Lord Chancellor's Department

Accumulation dates
1980 onwards
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Selection and destruction information
All final letters permanently preserved.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15140/

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Lord Chancellor's Department: Lay Observer and Legal Services Ombudsman: Reports on Complaints