# Legal Services Act 2007, Paragraph 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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/29/schedule/16/paragraph/56 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-act-2007/schedule-16/paragraph-56
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