SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 3THE 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.