What is the test for joint representation of conflicting interests?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Clarke, 2012 NSSC 406 (CanLII):
He quoted from Holloway v. Arkansas, 98 S.Ct. 1173 (1978) at p. 1181 where Burger, C.J. said: 12 Joint representation of conflicting interests is suspect because of what it tends to prevent the attorney from doing. ...
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