A solicitor who was a director of a company at the time of a default, and whose firm acted for that company, will be restrained from acting for a party seeking to exploit that same default against the company's successor, on the basis that a fair-minded member of the public would find such conduct subversive to the administration of justice. The fact that the solicitor signed a defence as counsel challenging events in which he was a participant provides an additional independent ground for restraint.
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