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Legal Services Act 2007

Legal Services Act 2007 Sch 16 para 56

Sch 16 para 56

In section 60 (effect of contentious business agreements)— (a) in subsection (1) for “taxation” substitute “ assessment ” , (b) in subsection (2)— (i) for “taxed” substitute “ assessed ” , and (ii) for “taxation” substitute “ assessment ” , and (c) for subsection (5) substitute— (5) A provision in a contentious business agreement that the solicitor shall not be liable for his negligence, or that of any employee of his, shall be void if the client is a natural person who, in entering that agreement, is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business or profession. (6) A provision in a contentious business agreement that the solicitor shall be relieved from any responsibility to which he would otherwise be subject as a solicitor shall be void.

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