Riddle me this:

"If a lawyer is jointly retained by a client and by a lending client in respect of a mortgage or loan from the lending client to that client, including any guarantee of that mortgage or loan, the lending client's consent is deemed to exist upon the lawyer's receipt of written instructions from the lending client to act and the lawyer is not required to" [list of three things lawyer is not required to do]

- Rule 2.04(8.2), Rules of Professional Conduct, Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC)


Sadly, this is nowhere near the top of the list of Most Incomprehensible List of Things I Have Read Today.

Why can't we all just get along?