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Judge dismisses ACS:Law file-sharing cases

I assume that a practicing solicitor should possess basic competence when undertaking litigation on behalf of a client, including posessing sufficient knowlege of the law to correctly advise his client as to who can (and cannot) be a Claimant. (See para. 19 of the relevant judgment.) I would also assume that such competence would include making reasonable efforts to ensure that no defence had been filed with the Court, before requesting a default judgment (para 34). I wonder whether such omissions are more than merely "technical issues" to be corrected after the fact.

16-Dec-2010

9:56 am