CONTRACT - retainer - express or implied retainer - whether the defendant solicitor was retained by the plaintiff
TORT - negligence - duty of care - duty of a solicitor - duty of a solicitor owed to a former client - duty of a solicitor in the absence of a retainer
EQUITY AND TRUSTS - establishment of a trust - requirement of certainty of objects - lack of certainty as to terms of the trust
DAMAGES - loss of chance - causation
Case Details
Citation[2012] NSWSC 161
CourtNSWSC
JurisdictionNew South Wales
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