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Professional Conduct: A cautionary tale of privilege and conflict
The risks of acting for executor and beneficiary are clear in Kousouros v O’Halloran & Aresti [2014]. Gerald Wilson explains ‘Legal advice privilege is not to be weighed against any other public interest, whether that is in establishing the truth or the proper supervision of estates.’When you act for a beneficiary under a will, what …
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- Calcraft v Guest [1898] 1 QB 759
- Goddard v Nationwide Building Society [1987] QB 670
- ISTIL v Zahoor [2003] EWHC 165 Ch
- Lord Ashburton v Pape [1913] 2 Ch 469
- O'Rourke v Darbishire [1920] AC 581
- Schmidt v Rosewood Trust Ltd [2003] UKPC 26; [2003] WTLR 565; [2004] WTLR 887
- Talbot v Marshfield (1865) 2 Dr & Sm 549