Penzance v Runcorn LCRO 170 / 2009 (10 February 2010) [pdf, 69 KB]
...a former client it must be that if they were to so act “the fiduciary obligation owed to the former client would be undermined”. The nature of the fiduciary obligations of lawyers in such a situation was examined by the New Zealand Court of Appeal in Russell McVeagh McKenzie Bartleet & Co v Tower Corporation - [1998] 3 NZLR 641. In that case it was considered that a lawyer must not act where the lawyer holds confidential information; the information is sensitive, i.e., of a...