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Feb
01
1997
Conflict of Interest
Since the advent of the Supreme Court of Canada decision in MacDonald Estate v. Martin [1990] 3 S.C.R. 1235, litigants have been taking pot-shots at the solicitors of opposing parties by arguing that the solicitors ought to be removed as solicitors of record. In Spagnuolo v. Calderone Shoe Co., an 1998 unreported decision of Case Management Master Polika, the defendant took this concept to its extreme.
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01
1997
Payment
A lawyer does some work for a client; the client then pays for the work that has been done. It’s an attractive concept, but concepts and reality do not always coincide.
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