LCRO 36/2018 AA v SM (19 December 2018) [pdf, 250 KB]
...had breached the client’s confidence to a third party.42 (a) Independence [100] The fundamental obligations of lawyers include the obligation in section 4(b) of the Act “to be independent in providing regulated services to clients”. [101] Rule 5 of the rules similarly provides that “[a] lawyer must be independent and free from compromising influences or loyalties when providing services to his or her clients”. 36 Lawyers...