Australian Capital Territory Repealed Regulations

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This legislation has been repealed.

LEGAL PROFESSION (SOLICITORS) RULES 2006 (REPEALED) - RULE 4

Acting Against a Former Client

4. Acting Against a Former Client

Consistent with the duty which a practitioner has to preserve the confidentiality of a client's affairs, a practitioner must not accept a retainer to act for another person in any action or proceedings against, or in opposition to, the interest of a person:

    (a) for whom the practitioner or the firm, of which the practitioner was a partner, has acted previously; and

    (b) from whom the practitioner or the practitioner's firm has thereby acquired information confidential to that person and material to the action or proceedings; and

that person might reasonably conclude that there is a real possibility the information will be used to the person's detriment.

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