Solicitors
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- Created on: 17-05-15 20:22
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- Solicitors
- Education & Training
- Institute of Legal Executives Professional Diploma
- ILEX High Professional Diploma
- become fellow or ILEX OR two year training period
- qualified as a solicitor
- become fellow or ILEX OR two year training period
- ILEX High Professional Diploma
- Institute of Legal Executives Professional Diploma
- Work
- meeting with clients
- drafting legal documents
- advocacy (in lower courts can apply for higher courts)
- wills and probate
- Organisation
- represented by the Law Society and controlled by the Solicitors Regulation Authority
- can work for small or large firms and can be sole practitioners or in a partnership
- Regulation
- unsatisfied client first has to follow the solicitor's firm's complaints procedure
- if outcome not satisfactory the complaint is dealt with by the Office for Legal Complaints set up by Legal Services Act 2007
- all complaints are referred to the Legal Ombudsman
- Legal Ombudsman can ask solicitor to: apologise, give back documents, refund. reduce fees, put things right and up to £30,000 in compensation
- Solicitors Regulation Authority can investigates any misconduct if serious goes to Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal can be reprimanded, suspended or struck off the Roll
- Education & Training
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