EVIDENCE Decision Provenance
Engagement letter held: proposed defendant is a former client (HV-0772)
Signature state, as it actually isDEMO KEY ONLYNOT THIRD-PARTY VERIFIED
SIGNED WITHa demo keyNot a firm key. A third party cannot rely on it.
TRUST ROOTself-publishedThe hash can be recomputed by anyone; the signer cannot yet be proved.
THIRD-PARTY VERIFICATIONnoneNo outside party has checked this record.
Signed with a demo key. Trust root self-published. Third-party verification: none.
What was checked
- Rule
- Conflicts cleared by a partner before advice or an engagement letter
- Instrument
- Rules of Professional Conduct, 3.4
- Enforcement
- enforced, a blocking gate
- Verification status
- SECONDARY Conflict dutiesCOUNSEL-CONFIRMS Rule numbersFIRM Partner clearance before engagement
- Policy sources
What it rests on
| Input | Value | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Names the intake conflict search covered | OS | From a document | |
| Proposed defendant | TR, year of birth 1979 | From a document | |
| Conflicts index entry | TR, client, HV-0772, closed 2024 | From a firm register | no document |
| Partner clearance | Not on file | Missing | no document |
Deterministic reasoning
- The intake search covered OS.
- Searched every named party (OS, TR) in the conflicts index.
- Match: TR is a former client on HV-0772.
- RPC-3.4 is a blocking rule in authority. The engagement letter is held; a non-engagement letter draft is queued, not sent.
The record's slots
- Confidence
- From a document
- Question
- Has a partner cleared the conflict with former client HV-0772, and is confidential information from that file relevant? (managing partner)
- Reviewer
- empty
- Tier
- In authority since a named partner promoted the rule.
- Outcome
- empty while the file is open
- Coverage
- 2 documents on file, all extracted
Evidence packFalcon
A one-page PDF a carrier or the Law Society could read, and a JSON file a machine can check. Built only from this record and its sources.