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Solicitors 'must stay with clients who reject advice'
14/08/2008
The high court has ruled that solicitors must still represent clients who reject their advice, according to Solicitors Journal.
Environmental lawyer Richard Buxton told the Solicitors Journal he may appeal against a related high court ruling against him saying he should have continued to represent client Huw Llewelyn Mills-Owens even though he didn't want to take his advice.
The client went on to represent himself in the action which was an appeal against the granting of planning permission in the New Forest. He lost the case.
Mr Buxton told the news provider: "The law as it stands is that if you terminate a contract with a client without good cause, you get nothing. This has no place in a modern litigation system."
The judge concluded that if a client is paying for the services of a solicitor then that solicitor must advance with the case in the way the client wishes, even if the solicitor feels it is the wrong course of action, Solicitors Journal reports.
In related news, former Scottish Socialist party leader Tommy Sheridan represented himself in court when he bought a defamation case against the News of the World in July 2006. According to the Guardian, he was noted on his "showman style".
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Environmental lawyer Richard Buxton told the Solicitors Journal he may appeal against a related high court ruling against him saying he should have continued to represent client Huw Llewelyn Mills-Owens even though he didn't want to take his advice.
The client went on to represent himself in the action which was an appeal against the granting of planning permission in the New Forest. He lost the case.
Mr Buxton told the news provider: "The law as it stands is that if you terminate a contract with a client without good cause, you get nothing. This has no place in a modern litigation system."
The judge concluded that if a client is paying for the services of a solicitor then that solicitor must advance with the case in the way the client wishes, even if the solicitor feels it is the wrong course of action, Solicitors Journal reports.
In related news, former Scottish Socialist party leader Tommy Sheridan represented himself in court when he bought a defamation case against the News of the World in July 2006. According to the Guardian, he was noted on his "showman style".
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