Quality standards

On this page:

Reviewing quality assurance
Assuring quality in the reformed legal aid system
Quality measurement tools
Assuring quality for advocates
The Quality Mark
How we measure performance

Quality measurement tools

The LSC is committed to ensuring clients have access to quality legal advice. Peer Review is an assessment of the competency of advice

Assuring quality for advocates

The development of a quality assurance scheme for advocates was started as a response to a recommendation in Lord Carter’s 2006 report on legal aid. The work was initially taken forward by the LSC and MoJ with the involvement all relevant bodies and stakeholders.

This work is now being led by the regulators operating as a Joint Advocacy Group.

Information about the scheme can be found on the regulators' websites: Solicitors Regulatory Authority and Bar Standards Board

The Quality Mark

Only organisations that hold the Specialist Quality Mark or Mediation Quality Mark can do legal aid work. We are reviewing the application and assessment process.