Is a solicitor's relationship with a client a contractual relationship between solicitor and client?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from 380876 British Columbia Ltd. v. Ron Perrick Law Corp., 2009 BCSC 601 (CanLII):
It is well established that the relationship between solicitor and client is contractual and it is one of utmost good faith. However, a contract for legal services is governed by equitable considerations which temper the application of strict contract law: Abel v. Burke, 2000 BCCA 284, paras. 14 and 20.
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