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More than 120 lawyers [actually barristers] have vowed to not act against activists from groups such as Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil who are “exercising their democratic right of peaceful protest”.

They have published a “Declaration of Conscience”, and face the prospect of disciplinary action.

The chair of the Bar Council Nick Vineall KC said it was “disappointing”.

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They have called upon the government and their colleagues to “act urgently to do whatever they can to address the causes and consequences of the climate and ecological crises and to advance a just transition to sustainability”.

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They now face the prospect of disciplinary action for breaching professional regulations such as the so-called ‘cab rank rule’, which requires lawyers to take on any case within their competence.

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