Legal Complaints and Regulation Bill Committee Stage - Call for Evidence

The Legal Complaints and Regulation Bill was formally introduced to the Northern Ireland Assembly on Monday, 8 June 2015 and received its Second Reading on Tuesday, 16 June 2015. The Bill has been referred to the Committee for Finance and Personnel for Committee Stage.

The Bill will introduce a new statutory framework for handling complaints made against
solicitors and barristers and will, amongst other things, introduce strengthened oversight of that framework through the establishment of the Legal Services Oversight Commissioner.

Any organisation or individual with an interest in this Bill is invited to submit evidence to the Committee by email to:

committee.financepersonnel@niassembly.gov.uk

or by post to:

Committee Clerk,
Room 144, Parliament Buildings,
Ballymiscaw,
Stormont,
Belfast,
BT4 3XX

The evidence must be structured to address the specific clauses of the Bill and, if
appropriate, should include any amendments you wish to propose to the text.

Please note that evidence received on the Bill to date is available here.

Organisations or individuals responding to this call for evidence will wish to note that their submission (either in whole or part) may be published on the Committee website.
If you do not have access to the internet or email facilities or you have any other enquiries, please contact the Committee Clerk on 028 9052 1843.

The closing date for submissions is Wednesday, 2 September 2015.