WHEN A SOLICITOR IS A WITNESS IN THE CASE FOR HIS CLIENT (AND THEY ARE IN A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP): THIS IS UNLIKELY TO END WELL…

The judgment of HHJ Russen KC in Kay v Martineau Johnson (A Firm) [2024] EWHC 2451 (Ch) highlights the profound dangers of a solicitor for a party being a witness in the case that is being brought. Those dangers are compounded, massively, when the solicitor and client  in question are in a romantic ...