We issue consultations to seek views of stakeholders on our proposals to change our regulatory rules or procedures. We also regularly respond to consultations issued by other organisations. We can only currently receive responses via email or survey response. Details of closed consultations can be found on our webpage.
2025
Consultation: Stand-alone Litigation Practice Rights – July 2025
CRL consulted stakeholders earlier in 2025 to gauge interest in creating pathways to authorise Chartered Legal Executives to gain stand-alone litigation practice rights. The response was clear; over 95% of respondents were supportive.
We are now consulting on the requisite Rule changes to enable this. This consultation provides:
- Clarification on the various routes to authorisation of stand-alone litigation practice rights;
- Copy of amended rules to reflect the changes to requirement for members to submit a dual application for both litigation and advocacy practice rights;
- Confirmation of the new authorised titles that will be issued to successful applicants upon approval.
Your views matter
Your views will help inform and develop our offer for stand-alone litigation practice rights and assist us in preparing the LSB Alteration Application which we hope to submit in October 2025.
We welcome responses from our regulated community and other stakeholders including other approved regulators, consumers of legal services and any other interested parties.
Consultation document
For further information please access the full consultation document.
Annexes to the consultation document
Annex 1a Legacy Standards Litigation Portfolio Route to Authorisation
Annex 1b Legacy Standards Litigation ULaw Route to Authorisation
Annex 2 New Standards Litigation Route to Authorisation
Annex 3 All Standards Advocacy Route to Authorisation
Annex 4: Rights to Conduct Litigation and Rights of Audience Certificate Rules
Annex 5: Practice Rights Certificate for Chartered Legal Executive Rules Tracked Changes
Annex 6: Practitioner Authorisation Rules
Annex 7 Equalities Impact Assessment
How to respond
Please complete the consultation response survey.
Alternatively, you can send your response to CRL by email to consultations@cilexregulation.org.uk. Please mark it for the attention of Mark Wood.
Submission deadline
Please respond by 4pm on 9 September 2025.
Consultation: Practising Certificate Fee (PCF) 2026
CRL and CILEX are consulting on the 2026 Practising Certificate Fee. The annual Practising Certificate Fee (PCF) primarily funds CRL’s key regulatory activities and functions, ensuring that CILEX professionals maintain high standards and safeguard the public interest. It enables CRL to carry out its core regulatory function and is therefore crucial for maintaining the integrity and quality of the CILEX profession.
CRL remains committed to cost-effective regulation. For a number of years CRL had been able to hold the PCF steady thanks to rigorous internal cost controls, representing a real term saving for those we regulate in recent years. With the continued rise of independently set regulatory fees, this year we have again looked to keep cost increases to the absolute minimum. We are proposing a below inflation increase to CRL’s proportion of the PCF fee, which we are now consulting on.
Have your say
The consultation document details:
- our proposals for the 2026 practising certificate fee
- how the practising certificate fee is distributed between CILEX and CRL
- our proposals for other fees charged by CRL
- details of our activities for 2025 and planned objectives for 2026
By setting out the information in this way, we hope that you will be able to engage effectively with the consultation.
For further information, please access the full consultation document.
How to respond
Once you have read the consultation document, to submit a consultation response, please select the survey link relevant to your authorisation category –
Chartered Legal Executives and CILEX Associate Prosecutors
Chartered Legal Executive Advocates and CILEX Practitioners
CILEX-ACCA Probate Firms and Practitioners
Consultation closes 5pm on Sunday, 31st August 2025.
Consultation on changes to CRL’s requirements for first-tier complaints
Following the publication of the Legal Services Board Statement of Policy – first-tier complaints, we have been considering how to change our requirements for first-tier complaints. Our proposals are intended to set:
- clearer expectations of what must be included in a complaint handling procedure (CHP)
- when and how information must be communicated to clients about the CHP and following a complaint
- requirements firms must take to monitor, learn from complaints and improve complaints handling and service provision.
We are now consulting on these proposals. Your views will help us deliver proportionate and targeted regulation that meets these objectives.
For further information please access the full consultation document
How to respond
Please complete the consultation response form online. Alternatively, you can send your response to CILEx Regulation by email to consultations@cilexregulation.org.uk. Please mark it for the attention of Sue Chandler.
Submission deadline
Please respond by 5pm, 15 August 2025.
