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LEGAL EXECUTIVES (Role (Within there specialised area of law, their work…
LEGAL EXECUTIVES
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Fee earners
This means that where a legal executive works for a firm of solicitors in private practice, that legal executive’s work is charged an hourly rate directly to clients
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Since 2008 legal executives have been able to do a course on advocacy and obtain wider rights of audience
They can appear to make applications where the case is not defended in family matters and civil cases in the County Court
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Within there specialised area of law, their work is similar to a solicitor’s, though they tend to deal with more straightforward matters:
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Qualified lawyers who have passed the Institute of Legal Executives’ Professional Qualification in Law
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Over 20,000 legal executives practising
Qualification + Training
When they have all the qualifications they become a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives
Also had to have worked in a solicitors’ firm (or other legal organisation e.g. the Crown Prosecution Service or local government) for at least 5 years
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