What is the impact of confidential information on the law of law?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Li, 1993 CanLII 1314 (BC CA):
20 With respect, this case is quite different from MacDonald Estate v. Martin. In that case a lawyer in firm A received confidential information from a client before moving to firm B, which was acting against that same client. An injunction was granted preventing firm B from continuing to act in the matter.
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