"WALKING THE LINE": THE SRA ON BALANCING THE DUTIES OF LITIGATORS IN LITIGATION: A POTTED SUMMARY

March 23, 2015 · by gexall · in Avoiding negligence claims, Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Risks of litigation

For reasons that may become evident in later posts this is an apposite day to consider the duties owed by litigators. The SRA have produced "Walking the line" a consideration of the ethical duties owed by litigators. A BRIEF SUMMARY This can all, fairly, be described as mandatory reading. The SRA id...

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Tags: Abuse of process, Conduct, Ethics

2 Responses

2speeddriver · March 24, 2015 at 23:30:00 · →

Erm isn’t the 1st duty to the client & what is meant by not taking advantage of the other side. As far as I’m aware failure to do so could lead to your own client suing you for negligence not acting in their best interest. Clearly we have people overseeing the job who have no idea what that job is
Tim · March 25, 2015 at 00:05:58 · →

Dangerous stuff. The SRA may not like it, but the fact is that (aside from the duty to the court), the litigator’s duty is (in almost all cases) owed only to his client. It is not for the SRA to change that by issuing reports or pamphlets.

On the topic of heavy-handedness:

http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/solicitor-devastated-by-100k-intervention/5047743.article