The court was asked whether defendant firm of solicitors should be prevented from acting for potential conflict of interest. They sought leave to appeal an order restraining them from acting. They had acted in two similar matters for the client several years before.
Held: Leave was refused. The judge was quite in order to draw the inferences he had.
Judges:
Lord Justice Gage Lord Justice Latham
Citations:
[2006] EWCA Civ 429
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Koch Shipping Inc v Richards Butler (a Firm) CA 22-Jul-2002
The claimants in an arbitration sought orders with regard to a solicitor who had moved to the opponent’s firm of solicitors, but who came with privileged knowledge of the claimant’s business dealings. She offered undertakings, but the claimant . .
Cited – Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft v Goldman Sachs International and Others ChD 18-Nov-1999
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Cited – SmithKline Beecham Biologicals SA v Connaught Laboratories Inc CA 7-Jul-1999
Changes in court procedure where judges now read rather more before hand to save court time could lead to confusion as to what of the paperwork before the court was now deemed to have been read in open court and therefore in the public domain. The . .
Cited – Prince Jefri Bolkiah v KPMG (A Firm) HL 16-Dec-1998
Conflicts of Duty with former Client
The House was asked as to the duties of the respondent accountants (KPMG). KPMG had information confidential to a former client, the appellant, which might be relevant to instructions which they then accepted from the Brunei Investment Agency, of . .
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Updated: 06 July 2022; Ref: scu.241381