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The phrase I strongly object to in all comments in the legal press and elsewhere is "non-qualified employees of law firms". Chartered Legal Executives and Fellows are not "non-qualified". They have worked hard to gain their qualification. Many have been doing the job brilliantly for years and are in my experience of 34 years in a law firm (not as a lawyer), as able as any Solicitor. I think Legal Execs should be given the respect and standing they deserve. It is ridiculous that a CLE with 30+ years experience under his or her belt has to now have all their work done under the name of and checked by someone qualified for 5 minutes. Shame on the regulators for their lack of clarity, advice, guidance, support - just the usual "its not our fault and you should all have known" - well that may be coming back to bite them!