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To act or not to act

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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March 26 2007

As Freshfields prepares to defend itself before the Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) over its decision to act for Philip Green in the 2004 bidding for Marks & Spencer, we examine the new conflictconfidentiality rules in this uncertain area of practice

Duty to assist other side

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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January 18 2008

A barrister is not bound to disclose evidence favourable to the other side to the court

Costs estimates

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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January 18 2008

While estimates will be taken into account on assessing costs, it does not automatically follow that solicitors will be bound by the amount of an estimate as against their client nor is there any rule that entitles a solicitor to recover a margin over the estimate

CFA Lite

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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January 18 2008

In deciding whether or not a CFA was a CFA Lite and so not subject to the full requirements of the CFA Regulations 2000, the Court of Appeal held that it is possible to look at the whole arrangement between the solicitor and client, including the client care letter and the insurance policy

Reader v Molesworth Bright Clegg Solicitors dependency claim CA 2 March 2007

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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April 13 2007

Where a personal injury claim brought by a claimant before his death was discontinued after his death, a dependency claim under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 was not thereby extinguished

Exaggerated claims

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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January 18 2008

The three claimants were involved in a minor shunt in which they were struck from behind by the defendant

Estimates of costs

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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May 29 2007

Where a solicitor has given his client an estimate of costs, the final amount payable should not vary substantially from the estimate given unless the client has been informed of the changed circumstances in writing (Wong v Vizards

Liability

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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June 12 2007

In 2001 the claimant broke her leg after falling into a hole on a village green created by a maypole

Divorce and bankruptcy

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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March 5 2008

A recent court decision has finally clarified the law relating to bankruptcy after the conclusion of ancillary relief proceedings, after a significant period of uncertainty

Suspended sentence for civil partnership “bigamist”

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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March 5 2008

A mother of five children has been sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for two years, and 100 hours of community service for making a false statement to a registrar in connection with a civil partnership

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