News and press releases about the Legal Ombudsman can be found here.
25 June 2010 - Legal Ombudsman announces plans to open on 6 October 2010
26 March 2010 - Latest moves by the Legal Ombudsman
26 February 2010 - Open letter to ARs and existing complaints handling bodies
and What we will do for staff from existing complaints handling bodies
Link to High Court judgment
26 February 2010 - Court paves way for fresh start to resolving complaints about lawyers
9 February 2010 - Legal Ombudsman confirms choice of Birmingham as home
9 December 2009 - Ministerial statement
9 December 2009 - Establishing new Ombudsman scheme for legal complaints on track
29 September 2009 - OLC announces new Ombudsman scheme to open in Birmingham