14Conflicts concerning former clients (ASCR 10)

14 Conflicts concerning former clients (ASCR 10)

(1)  A solicitor and law practice must avoid conflicts between the duties owed to current and former clients, except as permitted by subrule (2) .

(2)  A solicitor or law practice who or which is in possession of information which is confidential to a former client, where that information might reasonably be concluded to be material to the matter of another client and detrimental to the interests of the former client if disclosed, must not act for the current client in that matter unless –

(a) the former client has given informed written consent to the solicitor or law practice so acting; or

(b) an effective information barrier has been established.