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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-complaints-and-regulation-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-37",
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  "legislation": "nia/2016/14",
  "legislation_title": "Legal Complaints and Regulation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-complaints-and-regulation-act-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "section/37",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Notification requirements",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where a complaint made to the Solicitors Complaints Committee—\n(a) is excluded from the jurisdiction of the Committee under section 32;\n(b) is dismissed, or referred to another body, by virtue of rules under section 36(1);\n(c) is settled, determined, withdrawn or abandoned (or treated as withdrawn or abandoned by virtue of rules under section 36(1)).\n(2) The Committee must notify—\n(a) the complainant;\n(b) the respondent; and\n(c) where the respondent is not a firm of solicitors, the respondent's firm,\nand, in a case within subsection (1)(a) or (b), must give reasons for the exclusion, dismissal or referral.\n(3) When the Committee has determined a complaint the Committee must prepare a written statement of the determination giving reasons for the Committee's determination.\n(4) The Committee must give a copy of the statement to—\n(a) the complainant;\n(b) the respondent;\n(c) where the respondent is not a firm of solicitors, the respondent's firm;\n(d) the Law Society; and\n(e) the Legal Services Oversight Commissioner.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 37 in operation at 1.9.2025 by S.R. 2025/143, art. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/14/section/37",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:57.957994+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}