Our board and committees

Our Board is officially called the Office for Legal Complaints or OLC.

It is charged with overseeing the set up and running of the Legal Ombudsman by the Legal Services Act 2007. 
 
The Chair of the Office for Legal Complaints is Elizabeth France. The OLC has six members.

Our Board has established two committees to help it fulfil its role of overseeing the running of the OLC and the Legal Ombudsmen.

Audit and Risk Committee

The Audit and Risk Committee is responsible for ensuring the maintenance of appropriate audit and risk processes within the organisation and the governance of the internal audit and external audit programmes.

Members

  • Brian Woods - Scawen (Chair)
  • Tony Foster
  • Mary Seneviratne

Constitution and Terms of Reference; Audit and Risk Committee

Remuneration and Nomination Committee

The Remuneration and Nomination Committee is responsible for the overall remuneration approach and policy relating to all members of staff at the OLC.

Members

  • Rosemary Carter (Chair)
  • Margaret Doyle
  • Tony Foster

 Terms of Reference; Remuneration and Nomination Committee

Register of interests

Each member of the Office for Legal Complaints declares their interests. These are checked and updated quarterly.  If you would like to see the register then please click here:

Board member register of interests

Expenses

The OLC Board will publish details of expenses claimed on a quarterly basis.  Due to the structure of the Legal Services Act, the OLC Board expenses are met by the Legal Services Board.