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Volume 1, Issue 2
1 February 1992
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The International Journal of Regulatory Law & Practice
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Review Article| February 01 1992

ADVOCATES' IMMUNITY FROM NEGLIGENCE ACTION

KEITH RICHARDS
BARRISTER AND SENIOR LAWYER AT THE CONSUMERS' ASSOCIATION.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2977-7046
Print ISSN: 0968-087X
© MCB UP Limited
1992
The International Journal of Regulatory Law & Practice (1992) 1 (2): 193–199.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb024767

After considering the circumstances in which advocates' immunity from liability in negligence exist, the paper looks at the reasons for the continued existence of the rule and, in particular, the ground of ‘public policy’. It notes that the Courts and Legal Services Act 1991 preserves the common law rule and sets out the reasons why the rule is inappropriate and contrary to principles of justice.

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