CILEX (the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) has gained Privy Council approval to amend its Royal Charter, formally introducing the new title of CILEX Chartered Paralegal. This marks the first official recognition of paralegals as a professional group with their own defined and progressive...

Following the Post Office Horizon scandal, the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX) has welcomed a review of the longstanding legal presumption that computer-generated evidence is inherently reliable in criminal cases. In its response to the Ministry of Justice's call for evidence, the organisation stressed...

CILEX, the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, has expressed its support for the establishment of intermediate criminal courts, but under the condition that fundamental issues surrounding funding, recruitment, training, and courtroom capacity are addressed. The proposal for intermediate courts, as outlined in Sir Brian Leveson’s...

CILEX (the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) has strengthened its position as the body thatchampions specialist legal professionals by acquiring the Institute of Paralegals (IoP) and itsProfessional Paralegal Register (PPR). The IoP, which began operating in 2005, has around 1,000 members, more than three-quarters of whom...