Legal Executives
The provisions of the Legal Services Act 2007 have substantially increased the potential level of involvement of Legal Executives in the provision of legal services to the public. Not only can they now practice as employees of solicitors and others, they can also enter into Legal Disciplinary Partnerships with other lawyers including solicitors, barristers, licensed conveyancers and notaries and can even be part of a business that, in circumstances, can opt to be regulated by their own professional regulator, ILEX Professional Standards.
With increased involvement, however, comes increased responsibility, and those legal executives who choose to practice in partnership with other lawyers will find that they now have to be far more aware of the requirements of legal practice and, if they are not to find themselves subject to conduct related proceedings, must make themselves aware of the regulatory requirements of other bodies such as the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board.
The Lawyers Defence Group can help all legal executives to fulfil their regulatory obligations and can assist them with guidance, advice and representation should things go wrong.
On this web site, you will find guidance on the rules and regulations as they apply not only to legal executives but to all other lawyers practising in the UK, guidance on general practice issues and matters of management, guidance on issues relating to finance, money laundering, partnerships and a whole range of other useful information and materials. You will also find helpful links to other information provided by organisations such as the Institute of Legal Executives, the Law Society, the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Council as well as news items, current information and regulatory and conduct related case reports.
To find the information you require, use the drop down menus above or if there is a particular topic with which you require help, use the search box to the right of this page.
If there are specific issues which concern you, then please contact the Lawyers Defence Group and we will arrange for you to be put in touch with a suitably qualified person who can assist you with you. You can contact the Lawyers Defence Group:
- by telephone during office hours – 0333 888 4070
- out of hours in an emergency – for example if a partner has been arrested or you believe that your firm might be about to be intervened in – on our emergency phone number 07952 861 868
- by email on help [Email address: help #AT# lawyersdefencegroup.org.uk - replace #AT# with @ ]
- if you are a registered user of the web site, by completing and submitting the free, no obligation, call-back form to the right of this text following which someone from the Lawyers Defence Group will get back to you at a time which is convenient to you, or
- by writing to us at Lawyers Defence Group, Richard Nelson LLP, Priory Court, 1 Derby Road, Nottingham, NG9 2TA
The Lawyers Defence Group is operated by Richard Nelson LLP, a Limited Liability Partnership regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and whose partnership number is OC357136 and Murdochs Solicitors, who are also regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, and whose SRA number is 52683.
Please note that all advice, guidance, representation and assistance, legal or otherwise, is provided either by those firms or by appropriate referral to other suitably qualified persons.
No advice, guidance, assistance, representation or other support is provided by or in the name of the Lawyers Defence Group.
For further details please refer to the terms and conditions for use of this web site and to the terms and conditions of the firms involved.
The professional rules governing our lawyers can be found at rules.sra.org.uk
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