What is the impact of conflicts of interest between lawyers in law?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Whitebear v Alberta, 2012 ABQB 626 (CanLII):
"Lawyer" was equated to "firm" such that the conflicts of one lawyer affected all lawyers in the firm, a principle well known following MacDonald Estate v. Martin, 1990 CanLII 32 (SCC), [1990] 3 S.C.R. 1235.
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