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    Advocate's Immunity from Suit does not Protect Negligent Advice on Settlement Research and Know-How

    A Weaker Immune System: Advocate’s Immunity from Suit does not Protect Negligent Advice on Settlement

    April 4, 2017

    On 29 March 2017, the High Court in Kendirjian v Lepore [2017] HCA 13 upheld a narrower scope of the common law doctrine of an advocate’s immunity from suit, holding…

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    Posted in Legal Commentary and Opinion, Legislation and Case Law, Research and Know-How | Tagged advocate's immunity, common law, courts August 3, 2022 Nadia Janisz

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