Currently, there is no difficulty for solicitors filling their days with work. The biggest issue is in getting paid. Most solicitors will do what they can to assist long standing clients who may, down the line, be in a position to pay for their services. But, at a time when client loyalty has disappeared, in order to survive, most solicitors can only take on paying work. It is a matter of simple economics.
Where did you hear this? Is it purely anecdotal? Or do you have any specific examples or better still experience?
If it's proving difficult to get solicitors to take certain cases then maybe it's a case them being unwilling to advise clients who want to take frivolous or ropey cases since such a course of action is hardly in the client's interests?