Real Estate lawyer Reuben Rosenblatt was quoted in "Lawyers could have duty of care to non-clients" where he provided an expert opinion on the purpose of independent legal advice. The article was published on June 26, 2017 by Law Times. 

Lawyers could have duty of care to non-clients

By Alex Robinson

An Ontario judge has left the door open for a lawyer to owe a duty of care to a non-client in a real estate transaction.

In Chegancas v. Godo, Ontario Superior Court Justice Sidney Lederman dismissed a summary judgment motion brought by a real estate lawyer, Christian Piersanti, asking the judge to throw out a claim initiated by a non-client. The lawsuit concerned a $300,000 mortgage transaction on a Brampton, Ont. property that would later turn out to be fraudulent. 

The lender on the transaction, Arcanjo Chegancas, brought the negligence claim against Piersanti, as he had been retained to provide independent legal advice to the borrower. In the summary judgment motion, Piersanti and, by extension, LawPRO, argued that lawyers do not owe a duty of care to non-clients, except for limited circumstances... Read the full article at Law Times.