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relation, of client and solicitor 
in this cause. On the other 
hand, it) was asked, how far 
it was intended to carry the 
principle,—whether clerks hav- 
Ing. got some. confidentiab know- 
ledge of a cause in the offices of 
their masters were to be pre- 
vented, from accepting appoint- 
ments on the other side, after they 
set up for themselves? &c. But 
suppose it were a general rule, 
that a solicitor: who had: been 
employed for one. party could not 
discharge himself and take an ap- 
pointment: from the other party 
in the same cause, this case must 
be:an exception, as Lord Clinton: 
had agreed to the discharge. 
The. Lord’ Chancellor.— When 
a. client employed two partners 
as his solicitors; he -was. entitled 
to the services of both, 
dissolved the partnership, he must 
retain: one or both, or neither. 
Whether a man would choose to 
entrust important interests to two, 
who were unwilling to act to-: 
gether, was a question to which 
the.answer could: not be doubtful. 
If he employed neither, were 
either, of them to be at. liberty to 
take the opposite side; and if he 
employed only one of them as the 
least evil, was the other to be 
considered asdischarged by him ? 
No: théidischarge was the conse-: 
quence of the. contract, of disso-. 
lution between: the partners, and. 
not theact of the -client.. 
priety, and.so forth, he had only 
to say, as. Lord: Thurlow had. 
said im a case where the question 
was, whether a woble Lord who 
then sat by Lord Thurlow ought, 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 
Lord Cholmondeley and Mr. M.. 
from placing, themselves, in the; 
If they, 
AS. to: 
honour, and .delicacy, and: pro-; 
1815. 
to allow interest on a debt which 
he admitted he, ought to have 
paid, “Go to him with your) 
arguments about delicacy and 
propriety,—I have nothing to do | 
with any thing but the right.” 
So he (Lord Eldon) said in this 
case—‘‘ Go to Lord Cholmonde-. 
ley and Mr. Montriou with these; 
arguments—I have only to do 
with the dry. question of right.?”: 
He therefore dismissed: entirely, 
from his mind all the facts. of this: 
case, except as they bore on the: 
question of right, and on those 
consequences, as far.as they could! 
be foreseen, which the decision 
of the question of right in one way) 
or the other would involve. — It 
appeared that the intention.of thet 
Court had never before, as: far’as> 
he could, ascertain, been called 
judicially to,a question of this: 
kind. They were therefore totally: 
without any precedent. to guide) 
them; and the question: must; 
therefore be decided: on general: 
principles. Whatever the deci-’ 
sion might be, it must apply to: 
all the Courts; and: therefore it: 
was fitting that the attention of 
all or most of the Judges. should; 
be called to it before it was. de-. 
termined; and. the. matter: must: 
stand over in the mean time: tilb 
he had an opportunity..of consult; 
ing with the Judges. 
Court.of Chancery, Jan: 25.— 
TheLord Chancellor stated as fol-) 
lows :—‘* In this case, in which: 
a-solicitor: has become: concerned. 
for two. opposite parties, I. re=. 
quested the two. Chief Justices of! 
the Courts of King’s Bench ‘and: ' 
Common : Pleas, and the: Chiefi 
Baron of the Exchequer, to :pro-. 
cure for me. the opinion: of: the 
