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In MacDonald Estate v Martin, [1990] 3 SCR 1235, the Supreme Court adopted which approach to disqualifying a firm because a lawyer who possesses confidential information from a former client has joined the firm now acting against that client?

Automatic disqualification with no opportunity to rebut Disqualification only if actual misuse of information is proven A rebuttable presumption that confidential information is shared within the firm, which may be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence of effective screening measures No disqualification because firms are presumed to maintain Chinese walls

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A rebuttable presumption that confidential information is shared within the firm, which may be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence of effective screening measures

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