| ABH |
actual bodily harm |
| ABS |
alternative business structures |
| ACAS |
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service |
| ACLEC |
Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct |
| ACSL |
average custodial sentence length |
| ADR |
alternative dispute resolution |
| AEO |
attachment of earnings orders |
| AJF |
Administrative Justice Forum |
| AJTC |
Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council |
| ASBO |
Anti-social Behaviour Order |
| ATE |
After-The-Event |
| BCAT |
Bar Course Aptitude Test |
| BME |
black and minority ethnic |
| BPTC |
Bar Practice Training Course |
| BSB |
Bar Standards Board |
| CAB |
Citizens Advice Bureau |
| Cafcass |
Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service |
| CBO |
Criminal Behaviour Order |
| CC |
Competition Commission |
| CCRC |
Criminal Cases Review Commission |
| CCS |
Consumer Complaints Service |
| CDS |
Criminal Defence Service |
| CFAs |
conditional fee arrangements |
| CILEx |
Chartered Institute of Legal Executives |
| CJA |
Criminal Justice Area |
| CJC |
Civil Justice Council |
| CJEU |
Court of Justice of the European Union |
| CJR |
Civil Justice Review |
| CJSSS
|
Criminal Justice: Simple, Speedy, Summary
|
| CLA |
Civil Legal Aid |
| CLAD |
Civil Legal Advice |
| CLS |
Community Legal Service |
| CLSP |
Community Legal Service Partnership |
| CMP |
closed material procedure |
| CNR |
cell nuclear replacement |
| COREPER |
Committee of Permanent Representatives |
| CPD |
continuing professional development |
| CPR |
Civil Procedure Rules |
| CPS |
Crown Prosecution Service |
| CRAR |
Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery |
| CRASBO |
Criminal Anti-social Behaviour Order |
| CSEW |
Crime Survey for England and Wales |
| DCA |
Department for Constitutional Affairs |
| DPA |
Deferred Prosecution Agreement |
| DPP |
Director of Public Prosecutions |
| EAT |
Employment Appeal Tribunal |
| EC |
European Community |
| ECF |
Exceptional Cases Funding Scheme |
| ECHR |
European Convention on Human Rights |
| ECJ |
European Court of Justice |
| ECOFIN |
economic and financial matters |
| ECtHR |
European Court of Human Rights |
| EEC |
European Economic Community |
| EMS |
European Monetary System |
| EMU |
European Monetary Union |
| EPA |
Ending Power of Attorney |
| EVEL |
English Votes for English Laws |
| FDAC |
Family Drug and Alcohol Court |
| FGM |
female genital mutilation |
| FSA |
Financial Services Authority |
| FTA |
failed to appear |
| GAD |
Government Actuary’s Department |
| GAR |
guaranteed annuity rate |
| GCHQ |
Government Communications Headquarters |
| GM |
genetically modified |
| GRC |
General Regulatory Chamber |
| GRO |
General Register Office for England and Wales |
| HCA |
Higher Court Advocates |
| HFEA |
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority |
| HMCS |
Her Majesty’s Courts Service |
| HMCTS |
Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service |
| HMCPSI
|
HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate
|
| HMRC |
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs |
| ICAEW |
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales |
| IPC |
Investigatory Powers Commissioner |
| IPPs |
Indeterminate Sentences for Public Protection |
| IPS |
ILEX Professional Standards |
| IPSA |
Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority |
| ISIL |
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
| JAC |
Judicial Appointments Commission |
| JC |
Judicial College |
| JCIO |
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office |
| JO |
Judicial Office |
| JP |
Justice of the Peace |
| JSB |
Judicial Studies Board |
| KPI |
key performance indicators |
| LAA |
Legal Aid Agency |
| LCD |
Lord Chancellor’s Department |
| LCF |
Law Centres’ Federation |
| LCS |
Legal Complaints Service |
| LDP |
Legal Disciplinary Practice |
| LETR |
Legal Education and Training Review |
| LIP |
litigant in person |
| LLP |
limited liability partnership |
| LO |
Legal Ombudsman |
| LPA |
Lasting Power of Attorney |
| LPC |
Legal Practice Course |
| LSB |
Legal Services Board |
| LSC |
Legal Services Commission |
| LSET |
Legal services, education and training |
| LSO |
Legal Services Ombudsman |
| MDP |
multidisciplinary practices |
| MEP |
Member of the European Parliament |
| MFR |
minimum funding requirement |
| MIAM |
Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting |
| MNP |
multinational partnership |
| MoJ |
Ministry of Justice |
| MRO |
medical reporting organisation |
| NASS |
National Asylum Support Service |
| NFIB |
National Fraud Intelligence Bureau |
| NJPS |
New Judicial Pension Scheme |
| NPO |
Norwich Pharmacal order |
| NSPCC |
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children |
| OFR |
outcomes-focused regulation |
| OFT |
Office of Fair Trading |
| OJC |
Office for Judicial Complaints |
| OLC |
Office for Legal Complaints |
| OOCD |
out-of-court disposal of criminal offences |
| PAP |
pre-action protocol |
| PC |
practising certificate (solicitors) |
| PCA |
Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration |
| PDS |
Public Defender Service |
| PEP |
profit per equity partner |
| PNC |
Police National Computer |
| QBD |
Queen’s Bench Division |
| QC |
Queen’s Counsel |
| RTA |
road traffic accidents |
| RUC |
Royal Ulster Constabulary |
| SCPO |
Serious Crime Prevention Order |
| SDT |
Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal |
| SEC |
Social Entitlement Chamber |
| SFO |
Serious Fraud Office |
| SI |
Statutory Instrument |
| SIAC |
Special Immigration Appeals Commission |
| SRA |
Solicitors Regulation Authority |
| SRL |
self-represented litigants |
| STV |
single transferable vote |
| TEU |
Treaty on European Union |
| TFEU |
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union |
| TPIMs |
terrorism prevention and investigation measures |
| TSI |
Trading Standards Institute |
| UNCITRAL |
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law |
| UT |
Upper Tribunal |
| VHCC |
very high cost cases |
| VOO |
Violent Offender Order |