It is sensible to check that a person is genuine before you instruct them to do your legal work. Only practising Chartered Legal Executives and CILEX Practitioners authorised by us to carry out legal work in England and Wales appear on our registers. What a Chartered Legal Executive or a CILEX Practitioner can do can be found by clicking on the links below.
- If a person says they are a Chartered Legal Executive or a CILEX Practitioner, you can check their details on the CILEX Authorised Practitioners Directory.
- If a person says they are a CILEX Practitioner (ACCA-Probate), you can check their details on the CILEX-ACCA Probate Firm Directory.
- Check our Disciplinary Records Directory for disciplinary information about the individuals we regulate.
- It is also sensible to check:
– Disciplinary & Regulatory Records on the Legal Choices website and
– Legal Ombudsman decision data.
Information about the Directories
The CILEX Authorised Practitioners Directory is updated automatically whenever a change is made to an individual record.
The CILEX-ACCA Probate Firm Directory and the CILEX Authorised Entity Directory are updated within 24 hours of a change to a firm or connected individual.
Disciplinary information is published on the directories in line with the CRL Publication policy and this and further information related to disciplinary records can be found using the link above to the Disciplinary Records Directory.
If you have a query about someone in the CILEx Authorised Practitioners Directory, or someone who says they are regulated by us, but their information is not in the Directory, contact us at info@cilexregulation.org.uk We also regulate other members of CILEx. You will not find these members’ details in the Directory because they are not authorised.
CILEX members and regulated firms are requested to ensure that their directory entries are accurate at all times. If any information is identified that is not correct, please advise us at info@cilexregulation.org.uk
Things to consider
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If you have a query about someone in the CILEx Authorised Practitioners Directory, or someone who says they are regulated by us, but their information is not in the Directory, contact us at info@cilexregulation.org.uk We also regulate other members of CILEx. You will not find these members’ details in the Directory because they are not authorised.
Data release
We provide basic data on the authorised individuals we regulate for use by comparison websites.
