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Reserved legal activities in the corporate context: challenges for non-lawyer employees
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Commercial litigation and disputes
The recent High Court ruling in Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys 2025, examined the scope and limits of conducting reserved legal activities. The court held that employment by an authorised law firm does not entitle a non-solicitor employee to conduct litigation even under the supervision of a qualified solicitor.
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Owen Williams
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