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duty to former client

Case notes tagged “duty to former client”.

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  • Litigation & law practice

    Just how ‘loyal’ must solicitors be? Appeal court decides

    After a solicitor’s role in a transaction has come to an end, “there is no continuing equitable or contractual duty of loyalty by the solicitor to a former client”, they held. To so act was not “a conflict of interest”.

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