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The birth of the CILEx law firm

Published on: 12 August 2014

Table of contents

  • Background
  • What would be the benefit of having a firm run by CILEx practitioners?
  • What types of work would such a firm be able to undertake?
  • How would the supervisory element of CILEx practitioners be overcome under this model?
  • How would the extension of CILEx’s regulatory powers operate in practice?
  • Are there any concerns around this potential development?
  • What could this mean for consumers?

Article summary

Practice Compliance analysis: How would a law firm run by legal executives operate in practice? Ian Watson, chief executive officer and head of professional standards at Ilex Professional Standards (IPS), talks us through how such a firm would work in practice and how it would change the legal services market.

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