The lawyer has an absolute duty to his client to warn of civil and criminal liability exposure when such exposure exists.

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Ruling on the council's appeal, Lord Justice Hughes said he could find no flaw in the High Court judge's ruling that the council had breached its "absolute duty" under the Highways Act 1980 to adequately inspect and maintain the road.

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When a boy lost an arm in the cog-wheels of a steam winch owned by Lord Wimborne, the courts ruled in a landmark judgment in 1898 that the factory boss had breached an absolute duty imposed on him by statute.

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And as I listened to him explain why he'd enlisted, his absolute faith in our country and its leaders, his devotion to duty and service, I thought this young man was all that any of us might hope for in a child.

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