Where a client is referred to a solicitor under a consultancy referable system established by the Law Society or because the first solicitor has a conflict of interest the basis of the arrangement should be that the second solicitor should not take advantage of the trust placed by his colleagues by agreeing to take instructions from the client in a new matter save with the consent of the referring solicitors.\u00a0 This applies for a period of 12 months from the referral, if such new instructions are of the type which the referring practitioner could carry out himself, being within his reasonable competency.<\/p>\n\n
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