Judge considers barring lawyer from acting in lawsuit
Court hears of ‘murky’ evidence and ‘ducking and diving’ after solicitor’s company bought assignment of potential claims.
The case at the High Court focuses on the assignment of potential claims against a failed company’s directors.
There were increasingly testy exchanges at the High Court this morning at an unusual hearing to consider blocking a solicitor from acting in the case.
Justice Matthew Muir, presiding, told counsel the court’s power to remove a solicitor from acting was used “exceedingly sparing”.
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