Ministry of Justice

Legal services reform update

Date: 06 June 2008

Scales of Justice

An update on the legal services reform programme and the implementation timetable for the Legal Services Act.


The Legal Services Act was given Royal Assent on 30 October 2007. The Legal Services Reform Programme was established to oversee the implementation of two of the key proposals in the Act - the establishment of the Legal Services Board and the Office for Legal Complaints.

This update sets out the latest position in the implementation timetable. A revised version of this update was published on 6 February 2009.