Work for barrister: being bound to accept it (10)

I believe the answer is:

litigation

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'work for barrister' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'being bound to accept it' is the wordplay.
'being bound' becomes 'ligation' (ligation means binding something up).
'to accept' is an insertion indicator.
'ligation' enclosing 'it' is 'LITIGATION'.

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(Another definition for litigation that I've seen is " Lawsuit, legal action".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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