The Legal Services Board (LSB) notes the judgment of the Court of Appeal in CILEX’s appeal against the High Court’s decision in Mazur.
A spokesperson for the LSB said:
“The Legal Services Board welcomes the clarity provided by the Court of Appeal on how the reserved legal activity of conducting litigation under the Legal Services Act should be interpreted and applied in practice.
“We will now carefully consider the judgment’s implications for the regulatory framework. It is important that legal services regulators also consider the Court’s reasoning in full. We will continue to hold them to account to ensure there is a clear and consistent approach across the sector.”
Notes to editors
- On 29 January 2026, the Legal Services Board published an interim report setting out initial findings from its review of the advice and guidance that regulators have given to the profession on the conduct of litigation.
- The report’s interim findings were:
- the availability of clear and consistent advice and guidance on how the profession should comply with the requirements of the Act in relation to the conduct of litigation differed across parts of the regulated sector.
- engagement on draft guidance between the approved regulators and regulatory bodies varied, which may have contributed to differences in how guidance was interpreted and applied
- the regulatory bodies held differing levels of information about the extent to which authorised and exempt persons within their regulated communities were in fact regularly engaged in the conduct of litigation.
- The final report will be published once the LSB has considered the judgment fully.