Solicitors acting for multiple vendors on a property sale must obtain independent instructions from each vendor regarding disbursement of proceeds, and cannot rely on one co-owner's instructions to disburse another's share; failure to do so constitutes clear breach of duty, and the loss of the client's proprietary interest in the proceeds is valued as a right, not discounted as a mere opportunity.
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