Family of Archie Battersbee denied hearing in ECHR

ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights has denied the family of Archie Battersbee the chance to have their case regarding the withdrawal of Archie’s life support. This comes after the Supreme Court rejected their application for a hearing on Tuesday. The boy’s life support was initially due to be withdrawn on Monday. Following a Court […]

LeO set to reduce complaints cut-off to one year

LeO

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has announced that it has accepted the Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO) proposed amendments to the Scheme Rules, including the reduction of bringing complaints from six years to within one year. During the LSB’s final meeting before summer on the 19th July, the Board discussed proposals by the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC) […]