Useful Contacts
Legal Complaints Service
Victoria Court,
8 Dormer Place,
Leamington Spa,
Warwickshire,
CV32 5AE
Lo-call number: 0845 608 6565
Phone: 01926 820082
Fax: 01926 431435
Solicitors Regulation Authority
Ipsley Court,
Berrington Close,
Redditch,
B98 0TD
Phone: 0870 606 2555
Fax: 01527 510213
The Law Society
113 Chancery Lane,
London,
WC2A 1PL
Phone: 020 7242 1222
Fax: 020 7831 0344
Bar Standards Board
Complaints Department,
289-293 High Holborn,
London,
WC1V 7HZ
Phone: 020 7611 1444
Fax: 020 7611 1342
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers
16 Glebe Road
Chelmsford
Essex
CM1 1QG
Phone: 01245 349599
Fax: 01245 341300
The Institute of Legal Executives
Kempston Manor
Kempston
Bedfordshire
MK42 7AB
Phone: 01234 841000
Fax: 01234 840373
The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys
95 Chancery Lane
London
WC2A 1DT
Phone: 0207 405 9450
Fax: 0207 430 0471
E-Mail: mail@cipa.org.uk
The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys
Canterbury House
2-6 Sydenham Road
Croydon
Surrey
CR0 9XE
Phone: 020 8686 2052
Fax: 020 8680 5723
The Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman
(oversees the handling of complaints about lawyers in Scotland)
17 Waterloo Place
Edinburgh
EH1 3DL
Phone: 0131 244 3055
Fax: 0131 244 3056
E-Mail: ombudsman@slso.org.uk
The Lay Observer for Northern Ireland
(oversees the handling of complaints about lawyers in Northern Ireland)
Londonderry House
21 Chichester Street
Belfast
BT1 4JJ
Tel: 028 9024 5028
www.layobserverni.com
Other useful links
Advice Service Alliance
www.advicenow.org.uk
British and Irish Ombudsman Association
www.bioa.org.uk
Community Legal Services
www.clsdirect.org.uk
Criminal Cases Review Commission
www.ccrc.gov.uk
Ministry of Justice
www.justice.gov.uk
Independent Case Examiner
www.ind-case-exam.org.uk
Legal Services Commission
www.legalservices.gov.uk
National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux
www.nacab.org.uk
www.adviceguide.org.uk
The Office of the Legal Services Complaints Commissioner
www.olscc.gov.uk
Institute of Paralegals
www.instituteofparalegals.org
Law Society of Ireland (Republic of)
Deals with complaints about lawyers in the Republic of Ireland
Scottish Legal Complaints Commission