SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 THE SOLICITORS COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE

Membership
1 The Solicitors Complaints Committee is to consist of the following members—
(a) a chair appointed by the Law Society;
(b) such number of other members appointed by the Law Society as the Law Society thinks fit.
2 The Law Society must consult the Legal Services Oversight Commissioner about the manner in which members of the Committee are to be appointed.
3 The Law Society must consult the Legal Services Oversight Commissioner before appointing members of the Solicitors Complaints Committee.
4 (1) In appointing members of the Solicitors Complaints Committee, the Law Society must ensure that—
(a) a majority of the members of the Committee are lay persons; and
(b) none of the members of the Committee are members of the Council of the Law Society.
(2) The chair of the Solicitors Complaints Committee must be a lay person.
(3) In this Schedule a reference to a lay person is a reference to a person who is not and has never been a barrister or solicitor.