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

www.legalcomplaints.org.uk

Solicitors Regulation Authority
8 Dormer Place,
Leamington Spa,
Warwickshire,
CV32 5AE

Phone: 0870 606 2555
Fax: 01527 510213

www.sra.org.uk

The Law Society
113 Chancery Lane,
London,
WC2A 1PL

Phone: 020 7242 1222
Fax: 020 7831 0344

www.lawsociety.org.uk

Bar Standards Board
Complaints Department,
289-293 High Holborn,
London,
WC1V 7HZ

Phone: 020 7611 1444
Fax: 020 7611 1342

www.barstandardsboard.org.uk

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers
16 Glebe Road
Chelmsford
Essex
CM1 1QG

Phone: 01245 349599
Fax: 01245 341300

www.clc-uk.org

The Institute of Legal Executives
Kempston Manor
Kempston
Bedfordshire
MK42 7AB

Phone: 01234 841000
Fax: 01234 840373

www.ilex.org.uk

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

www.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

www.itma.org.uk

The Association of Law Costs Draftsmen

Church Cottage
Church Lane
Stuston, Diss
Norfolk IP21 4AG

Phone: 01379 741404
Fax: 01379 742702

www.alcd.org.uk

Scottish Legal Complaints Commissioner
The Stamp Office
10-14 Waterloo Place
Edinburgh
EH1 3EG

Phone: 0131 528 5111
Fax: 0131 528 5110

www.scottishlegalcomplaints.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

www.lawsociety.ie

Scottish Legal Complaints Commission

www.scottishlegalcomplaints.com