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Clash of cases and conducting two cases in court simultaneously
| Purpose: | To assist barristers to avoid and deal with cases in which hearings clash |
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| Scope of application: | All practising barristers |
| Issued by: | The Ethics Committee |
| First reviewed: | 01/01/2014 |
| Last reviewed: | 01/02/2023 |
| Status and effect: | Please see the notice at end of this document. This is not "guidance" for the purposes of the BSB Handbook I6.4. |
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