“…principle that solicitors can owe a duty of care to the opposite party because they stepped outside their normal role (as happened in Al-Kandariv JR Brown & Co [1988] QB 665) was another of the exceptions to the general rule discussed by Lord Wilson in NRAM at paragraph 32. There is a question in the present case whether this excep…”
“…); and that a solicitor acting for a party in adversarial litigation does not as a general rule owe a duty of care to his opponent (Al-Kandari v J R Brown & Co [1988] QB 665 (“Al-Kandari”) at 672 per Lord Donaldson MR). A more recent statement to very similar effect can be found in the judgment of Lord Wilson JSC in NRAM Ltd v Stee…”