You may carry out the reserved legal activity of reserved instrument activities but only at the discretion and under the supervision of a person who is entitled to carry on that reserved legal activity and who is your employer, a fellow employee or manager. You may assist in the conduct of litigation under the instructions and supervision of a person entitled to carry out that reserved legal activity and may carry out the reserved legal activity of rights of audience in relation to such litigation if the proceedings are held in Chambers in the High Court or a county court and are not reserved family proceedings. 
Provided that the firm you work for is authorised to carry out such work, you may carry out advocacy before a first-tier immigration tribunal and the conduct and preparation of documents in immigration tribunal proceedings. You can carry out or supervise any unreserved work – English and Welsh legal work, foreign legal work (including business or financial advice, or making business or financial arrangements) that the firm is entitled to do. If you are an RFL, you can practise the law of your home state and advise on English and Welsh law, providing unreserved legal services and the services set out below: If you are a Swiss lawyer (as defined in regulation 6 of The Services of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020) and you are practising in England and Wales on a permanent basis, you cannot become an RFL: instead you must register as a registered European lawyer (REL) (see our separate guidance). 
If you are a Scottish advocate or solicitor or a Northern Irish barrister or solicitor, you may be a manager or owner of an authorised firm of any type without registering as an RFL. If you are a foreign lawyer and want to become a manager or owner of an authorised law firm (other than a licensed body) in England and Wales, you must register with us as an RFL. We hold and publish a register which includes the names of all RFLs.Ī "foreign lawyer" is defined in section 89 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (CLSA) as "a person who is not a solicitor of England and Wales or a barrister but who is a member, and entitled to practise as such, of a legal profession regulated within a jurisdiction outside of England and Wales". Purpose of this guidanceĪn RFL is a ‘foreign lawyer’ who is registered with us.
It may also be relevant to other foreign lawyers, and in particular European lawyers, in deciding whether they need to be registered or whether to do so where they have a choice.
This guidance is for registered foreign lawyers (RFLs) and lawyers wanting to apply for RFL status. We may have regard to it when exercising our regulatory functions. This guidance is to help you understand your obligations and how to comply with them.
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