Explanatory note

Under section 22 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, the Legal Services Ombudsman has jurisdiction to investigate allegations about the way that a professional body has dealt with a complaint made to it. This order extends the jurisdiction to include the Association of Law Costs Draftsmen, consequent upon that body being authorised, by the Association of Law Costs Draftsmen Order 2006^f1, to grant rights of audience and rights to conduct litigation.