Corporate Governance

Lay Chairperson Solicitors Complaints Committee – Law Society of Northern Ireland Closed

Lay Chairperson (Designate), Solicitors Complaints Committee.

Remuneration: £20,000 per annum plus Sitting Fee (under review).

The Law Society of Northern Ireland is the professional body for the Solicitor profession with over 6,000 members, of whom circa 3,000 are in practice in the private, corporate, and public sectors in Northern Ireland.

The Legal Complaints and Regulation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 provides for a new Solicitors Complaints Committee (SCC) to handle complaints against solicitors arising from the provision of professional services. The Lay Chairperson (Designate) will provide strategic leadership and direction to the Solicitors Complaints Committee through a period of change and provide a leadership style that ensures the Committee work collectively to adjudicate complaints to the highest possible standard in line with the relevant statutory ...