A solicitor is instructed on the purchase of a parcel of land for development. The client is also interested in negotiating the purchase of a neighbouring parcel of land, and find out that the same solicitor had acted for the owner of that land. The client asks the solicitor if the solicitor can provide a copy of the report on title prepared for the owner. The report on title is over 20 years old.Can the solicitor comply with the client's request to provide a copy of the report on title?A. No, not in any circumstances because it is never possible to pass one client's papers to another client.B. No, because the solicitor owes a duty of confidentiality to the owner. However, if the owner consents, then the solicitor can comply.C. Yes, because a solicitor's duty to act in the best interests of their client override all other consideration.D. Yes, because the report is over 20 years old and data protection rules don't exist then.E. Yes, because the solicitor prepared the report on title, it is in the solicitor's archives, and therefore it is the solicitor's property. is not right because confidentiality actually overrides that duty.

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