Almost three-quarters of law firm leaders (72%) say their litigation departments would act against a client in the absence of a legal conflict of interest, according to the findings of this week’s Big Question.
The survey of leading UK partners shows, however, that the willingness to act against clients is conditional. Thirty percent of the lawyers said they would do so only after asking for the client’s consent, while 38% said they would act only if it was ‘not an important client’. Of the total respondents, just 1.5% said they would litigate against a client ‘in all cases’.
