Questions about the implications of the Mazur case?

The judge in the case of Mazur & Stuart v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP & and the SRA & The Law Society  found that non-regulated individuals cannot conduct litigation, even under supervision by authorised firms.

The CLC has been asked whether this decision has any impact on the practice of conveyancing or probate.

It does not.

Schedule 3, section 3 of the Legal Services Act 2007 is clear that non-licensed individuals are able to undertake probate and conveyancing work in regulated practices under the supervision of qualified and regulated lawyers. This is enabled through exemptions in relation to the reserved activities of Reserved Instrument Activities (conveyancing) and Probate which allow work to be undertaken under supervision.

The supervising lawyer in a CLC practice, whether a CLC Licensed Conveyancer or Probate Practitioner or an Authorised Person licensed by another regulator, is responsible for the work of those they supervise.