LCRO 65/2017 IR v NW and EN (18 April 2019) [pdf, 155 KB]
...normally of itself impose a duty of care on one solicitor to the client of the other. Normally the relationship is not sufficiently proximate. Each solicitor is entitled to expect that the other party will look to his own solicitor for advice and protection. 3 Hence, Mr EN’s duty is to Mr NW and he has no duty to protect and promote the interests of Mr IR. Mr EN’s duty to Mr NW includes acting on his client’s instructions and it is in the context of those instructions that...