Open consultations

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: 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 Authorised Entities

CILEX-ACCA Probate Firms and Practitioners

Consultation closes 5pm on Sunday, 31st August 2025.

Consultation: Stand-alone Litigation Practice Rights

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.