Is there a good faith relationship between a solicitor and client?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from 0751548 B.C. Ltd. v. Burke, 2015 BCSC 665 (CanLII):

The words of Southin J., as she then was, in Ladner Downs v. Crowley, regarding the solicitor/client relationship being one of the utmost good faith, still ring true.

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