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About Chartered Legal Executive Lawyers

All Chartered Legal Executives are fully qualified lawyers who are trained and work in a particular area of law. They tend to be specialists in one area of the law and work in over 60% of the top law firms across England and Wales. They are increasingly becoming partners in law firms.

Chartered Legal Executive lawyers most often specialise in the following:

Civil litigation (such as Personal Injury; Debt recovery; Housing; Employment) Criminal litigation (either Defence or Prosecution) Family law Conveyancing Public law work (such as working in a Local Authority; in Government; Welfare benefits; or Immigration) Private client (such as Finance; or Probate and wills) Corporate (Company or Commercial law) Legal Practice (Practice management; or Costs and accounts work).

Chartered Legal Executives can act as Commissioners for Oaths and advisers on compromise agreements in employment matters, and are also licensed to instruct barristers directly.

Alternatively Chartered Legal Executive Advocates have rights of audience in civil matters (in the county court), in family matters (in the family proceedings court) and criminal cases (in the magistrates’ court). This means that one person can handle the case throughout, so there’s no need to brief a separate advocate.

For in-house legal departments and local authorities, Chartered Legal Executive lawyers can act as senior case handlers or in managerial roles. Those employed by local authorities or housing management organisations (exercising local authority housing functions) can also exercise certain rights of audience in the magistrates’ courts and county courts when acting on behalf of their employer.

And all CILEx members are independently regulated, giving you reassurance in the Chartered Legal Executive lawyer that you choose.

For a list of all Chartered Legal Executive lawyers, visit www.cilex.org.uk