Is there a duty of loyalty to the client a core value of the law profession?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Golden (Re), 2019 LSBC 15 (CanLII):
As the hearing panel stated in the case of Law Society of BC v. Culos, 2013 LSBC 19, the duty of loyalty to a client is a core value of the profession. Lawyers are trained to think about and recognize conflicts.
Elaborating upon the importance of avoiding conflicts of interest, the hearing panel in Law Society of BC v. Skogstad, 2008 LSBC 19, stated at para. 54: The evil to which that provision … is directed is the fear that an unsophisticated and unrepresented party in his or her dealings with a lawyer will develop the impression that the lawyer is representing them in circumstances where that impression is not accurate.
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