Can Epstein Cole LLP continue as solicitors for the respondent husband?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Guthrie v. Guthrie, 2006 CanLII 31611 (ON SC):
The applicant wife seeks to disqualify Epstein Cole LLP (“the firm”) as solicitors for the respondent husband. The motion engages the test enunciated by Sopinka J. in MacDonald Estate v. Martin (1990), 1990 CanLII 32 (SCC), 77 D.L.R. (4th) 249; [1990] S.C.R. 1235, at para. 47 – 48, “that the public, represented by the reasonably-informed person, would be satisfied that no use of confidential information would occur” if the firm continues to represent the respondent.
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