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07 April 2023
Issue: 8020 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Legal services , Climate change litigation , Environment
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NLJ this week: Is the cab rank rule what we think it is?

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The cab rank rule has been the subject of heated debate following the recent pledge by the group, Lawyers are Responsible, not to act in support of new fossil fuel projects nor against climate change protestors. 

In this week’s issue, Geoffrey Bindman KC, NLJ columnist & senior consultant, Bindmans, looks in detail at the famous principle. What is the cab rank rule? What does it actually mean (not what it has been misrepresented to mean), what anomalies exist, and why isn’t there a similar rule for solicitors?

Bindman writes: ‘The cab rank rule is a limited response to an important principle: that everyone should have access to justice.’

See Bindman's comment piece in full here.

Issue: 8020 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Legal services , Climate change litigation , Environment
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