Legal Services Ombudsman Act 2009
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Duties of Bar Council and Law Society to keep and produce records. |
33.— (1) The Bar Council and the Law Society shall keep full and complete records of all investigations of, and of all proceedings at meetings relating to— | |
(a) in the case of the Bar Council, complaints of misconduct made to it under the Disciplinary Code in relation to barristers, and | ||
(b) in the case of the Law Society— | ||
(i) complaints made to it under section 8 (as amended by section 39 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 ) or 9 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994 in relation to solicitors, and | ||
(ii) complaints of misconduct made to it in relation to solicitors. | ||
(2) If requested by the Legal Services Ombudsman for the purpose of an investigation or a review of procedures under this Act, the professional body concerned shall provide the Ombudsman with copies of any records so requested within the period specified in the request. | ||
(3) Subsection (2) shall not operate to limit in any way the Legal Service Ombudsman’s powers under section 26 . |