What is a CILEx Practitioner?
A CILEx Practitioner is a lawyer who is a specialist in the specific areas of law that we authorise them to do.
A CILEx Practitioner must show us that they have the right knowledge, skills and experience in their specialist area of law before we authorise them.
What can a CILEx Practitioner do?
CILEx Practitioners are authorised to carry out work in one, or more, areas of law. The different types of CILEx Practitioner and the legal work they can carry out are shown below. They do not need to be supervised to provide legal work in the area of law we authorise them to do.
- CILEx Conveyancing Practitioner
Legal work needed to buy or sell property and related work such as remortgaging property - CILEx Immigration Practitioner
Immigration, asylum, citizenship and nationality work - CILEx Litigator and Advocate (civil chambers advocacy)
Work involved in preparing for and going to court to sort out disputes and speaking on a person’s behalf in judge’s chambers - CILEx Litigator and Advocate (civil)
Work involved in preparing for and going to court to sort out disputes and speaking on a person’s behalf in judge’s chambers and the county court - CILEx Litigator and Advocate (criminal)
Work needed to defend, or take a court case against, a person accused of a crime including speaking on a person’s behalf in the magistrates’ court - CILEx Litigator and Advocate (family chambers advocacy)
Legal work for divorce, and sorting issues about money, property and children, including speaking on a person’s behalf in judge’s chambers - CILEx Litigator and Advocate (family)
Legal work for divorce, and sorting issues about money, property and children, including speaking on a person’s behalf in judge’s chambers and the family court - CILEx Probate Practitioner
Legal work needed to deal with preparing trusts, inheritance tax and the administration of a deceased’s estate
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