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FOCUS OF THE DAY: Plans by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) to scrap its ‘list of defaulting solicitors’ have been approved by the Legal Services Board (LSB). In its place, the BSB will introduce a new rule allowing barristers to refuse work under the cab-rank rule where there is an “unacceptable risk” that they will not get paid.. Full story - Legal Futures
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Plans by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) to scrap its ‘list of defaulting solicitors’ have been approved by the Legal Services Board (LSB). In its place, the BSB will introduce a new rule allowing barristers to refuse work under the cab-rank rule where there is an “unacceptable risk” that they will not get paid.. Full story - Legal Futures
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