We receive many calls from lawyers reporting claims arising from real estate, commercial and lending transactions. As we talk through the situation, it often becomes clear that the problem is that the lawyer does not know who their client is and has walked right into a conflict between two or more parties.
This problem is more common than you think. You may be asking, “how can this happen?”
In this three-minute video, LIF Claims Counsel Surindar Nijjar describes one of these situations involving a real estate development matter — how the conflict arose, and how it could have been avoided.
