Hearings
England & Wales
24 May 1991 [1992] QB 959; [1992] 2 WLR 809; [1992] 1 All ER 353; (1991) 141 NLJ 746; The Times, 20 June 1991; The Independent, 26 June 1991, CA (Parker, Staughton LJJ and Sir David Croom-Johnson)
In re A Firm of Solicitors (No 1)
Subject Matter
SOLICITOR — Fiduciary relationship with client — Confidential information — Solicitors acquiring confidential information from companies closely associated with client — Whether duties of client relationship extending to associated companies — Information relevant to subsequent litigation brought by associated company — Solicitor instructed to act for defendant in subsequent litigation — Whether to be restrained from acting
Commentary
Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Conflicts between Clients - Restraining a solicitor from acting
21.8