Does a solicitor have a duty to warn the client of the legal consequences and risks involved in a course of action?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Janik v Stillman and Janik v Olszowy, 2016 ONSC 1801 (CanLII):
A solicitor has a duty to warn the client of the legal consequences and risks involved in a course of action, and of exercising reasonable care and skill in advising him. If he fails to warn the client and it appears probable that the client would not have taken the risk if he had been so warned, the solicitor will be liable: see Kalish v. Rosenbaum.
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