Giannarelli v Wraith

The case of Giannarelli v Wraith raises many questions concerning duty of care to clients and the immunity of certain members of the legal society to negligence within the court and within circumstances directly related to their performance in court. In this example the counsel had been accused of negligence in his handling of relevant information during and proceeding the hearing and the plaintiff claimed that had it not been for this negligence the outcome of the trial would have been different. Most prominently, the legal issues involved in the case are that of immunity of legal practitioners from certain rules of negligence as well as the authority of the law. Lesser issues of concern include the cab rank theory and efficiency of the administration of Justice.…