Solicitors must ensure that when disclosing conflicts of interest to clients, they accurately characterise the conflict as actual (not merely potential) and make full disclosure of all material facts including the specific benefits the retainer would provide to the firm and the specific ways in which the firm's interests are adverse to the client's interests; vague or general disclosures will not suffice.
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