Paragraph 24 I1F1
England and Wales
This paragraph applies in relation to a contentious business agreement made between a recognised body and a client.
A provision in the agreement that the body shall not be liable for the negligence of any of its managers or employees 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.
A provision in the agreement that the body shall be relieved from any responsibility to which it would otherwise be subject in the course of carrying on its business as a recognised body shall be void.
A provision in the agreement that any manager of the body shall be relieved from any responsibility to which the manager would otherwise be subject in the course of the carrying on by the body of its business as a recognised body shall be void.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Sch. 2 para. 24 substituted (30.8.2008) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 111 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2008/1436, art. 2(d)(ii)
Commencement
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Sch. 2 para. 24 wholly in force at 1.1.1992 see s. 69(2) and S.I. 1991/2683, art. 2
Notes on Schedule 2
Textual amendments
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Words in Sch. 2 heading substituted (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 85 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)
Modifications
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Sch. 2 applied (with modifications) by SI 2000/1119 Sch. 4 para. 24(2) (as substituted (1.11.2015) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society) (Modification of Functions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/401), art. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 3(c)(ii))
Commencement
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Sch. 2 wholly in force at 1.1.1992 see s. 69(2) and S.I. 1991/2683, art. 2