Legal Profession: Insolvency
Commons · Question 102093 · Tabled 2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the complaints system through the Legal Ombudsman in cases where large numbers of consumers are affected by the collapse of a single legal firm.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 23 Jan 2026
The Office for Legal Complaints (OLC) is the independent body responsible for administering the Legal Ombudsman (LeO) scheme. The Legal Services Board (LSB), as the oversight regulator, has statutory duties to monitor the OLC.The collapse of a law firm do...