SOLICITORS CANNOT BE COMPELLED TO HAND OVER FILES: HIGH COURT DECISION

October 5, 2018 · by · in Applications, Costs, Members Content

In Hanley v J C & A Solicitors [2018] EWHC 2592 (QB) Mr Justice Soole decided that the court did not have inherent power to compel solicitors to hand over copies of documents to their former clients.

THE CASE Three claimants sought an order that the defendant solicitors hand over copies of file...

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