Not many non-lawyers have heard of the so-called ‘cab rank rule’ and yet it’s a bedrock principle of the common law world. In brief, this rule stands for the fundamental proposition that a barrister must take a case that is within his or her knowledge and expertise, provided that lawyer is not already fully booked up and is otherwise free to do so.
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