Sentences with phrase «against conflicts of interest when»

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When a former client accused him of acting in conflict of interest, lawyer Williams Hoskinson brought an action against the client, Rodney Slagter, on the basis that he never acted for Slagter and his company.

So, when politicians and victim's advocates claim that defence lawyers have a conflict of interest in arguing against get - tough - on - crime - policies, they've got it all backwards.

I now have Justice Lax in McKenna v. Gammon Gold Inc. to back me up when she ruled that Siskinds should not be disqualified for a conflict of interest from prosecuting a class action against an underwriting subsidiary of a client bank that it acts for in separate matters.

The question arose when the Law Society of Upper Canada dealt with conflict of interest allegations against Torys LLP lawyers Darren Sukonick and Beth DeMerchant (now retired) in relation to their work on the sale of the Hollinger group of companies between 2000 and 2003 to companies including CanWest and Osprey Media.

The conflicts of interest are obvious when an agent has one client negotiating against another client.

Rup and Ben have sought legal advice — they are commencing an action against Donna for, among other things, failing to disclose the conflict of interest that was created when Donna provided them with the $ 50,000 loan that formed their deposit.