The fact that a solicitor who prepared a will is a potential witness in a testamentary capacity dispute does not, without more, preclude the solicitor's firm from continuing to act for the executors, particularly where the solicitor has retired from the firm. Procedural inefficiencies in the conduct of litigation, falling short of dishonesty or lack of candour, do not justify the exceptional step of restraining a solicitor from acting. A charging clause in a will in favour of a solicitor-trustee does not create a conflict of interest requiring the firm to cease acting, particularly after the solicitor's retirement.
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