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BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS – Liability – Negligence – In conduct of action – Settlements – The Lawyer’s Daily
Application by the defendant lawyer to have the plaintiff’s professional negligence action against him dismissed. In 2013, the defendant was retained to represent the plaintiff in his family law proceedings. After attending mediation in 2015, the plaintiff signed a settlement agreement with his former spouse. He subsequently decided he did not want to be bound by the terms of the settlement agreement and ended the retainer with the defendant later in 2015. In the within action, comme...
