NOCLAR

Have you read Chapter 6 from the notes? Before the guidance was issued, a major issue was duty of confidentiality and the fall back position was "resign". The NOCLAR guidance makes disclosure to an appropriate authority, even if not required by law, a professional responsibility - so not a breach of the duty of confidentiality. A further professional duty is that in the case of resignation, client consent is not required to inform a proposed success of the matter.