Is there a delay in finding that a law firm disqualified because of a conflict of interest?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Fereidooni v Burnham, 2018 ABQB 390 (CanLII):
The Respondent submits that in Canada Southern Petroleum v. Amoco Canada Petroleum Company Ltd., 1997 ABCA 71 (Canada Southern Petroleum) there was a delay of approximately 18 months before the conflict was discovered and still the court found that the law firm did not have to be disqualified.
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