Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission

The office of the Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman was abolished on 30 September 2008 and replaced by the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission or SLCC, which opened on 1 October 2008.

The SLCC was set up under the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 to investigate complaints made by members of the public about services provided by legal practitioners in Scotland. It operates wholly independently of the legal profession, provides a single gateway for taking a complaint forward and offers the services of trained mediators to aid resolution.

Previously, legal complaints not resolved by the appropriate professional body could be taken to the Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman (SLSO). The Ombudsman was able to investigate how the complaint was handled, but not the actual complaint.

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission will now carry out the role of the Ombudsman. The SLCC acts in the same way as the Ombudsman. It is also structured to be completely independent, impartial and accessible.

You may visit the SLCC web site at www.scottishlegalcomplaints.org.uk. You will also find quick links to the key sections of the site listed on this page under SLCC links.

Address: Scottish Legal Complaints Commission
Capital Building
12–13 St Andrew Square
Edinburgh
EH2 2AF

Tel: 0131 201 2130

Email: enquiries[at]scottishlegalcomplaints[dot]org[dot]uk (replace [at] with @ and [dot] with .)

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Source: http://www.slso.org.uk/