Dalam hujahan JD, JD berhujah bahawa kegagalan Peguam Pencelah dalam menjalankan carian status kebankrapan JD sebelum dokumen ditandatangani menunjukkan bahawa peguam Pencelah adalah cuai dalam menjalankan tugas-tugasnya. Maka, JD berhujah bahawa sebarang kerugian yang dialami oleh Pencelah (sekiranya ada) dalam urusan jual beli Hartanah tersebut perlulah dituntut daripada peguamcara Pencelah yang cuai dalam menjalankan tugas mereka. JD merujuk kepada kes Tetuan Theselim Mohd Sahal & Co & Ors v Tan Boon Huat & Anor [2017] 4 MLJ 207; [2017] 6 CLJ 368; [2017] 4 MLRA 702; [2017] AMEJ 0298 di mana Mahkamah memutuskan bahawa:- “[29] The final finding which was also attacked was with regard to the failure by the defendants to advise the plaintiffs as to the progress of the transaction and also for unprofessional conduct. A glaring omission, which appeared to have been overlooked all round, was that no evidence was adduced to show the appropriate standard of care, competence and diligence which the defendants should be held up to in conveyancing practice. A solicitor, like all professionals, has a duty to exercise reasonable degree of care and skill expected of a competent and reasonably experienced solicitor. In exercising reasonable care and skill, one must act with integrity and diligence (see Sri Alam Sdn Bhd v. Tetuan Radzuan Ibrahim & Co [2010] 1 CLJ 913; [2010] 1 MLJ 284). [30] Thus, whether the first defendant, and in particular the second defendant, who was the solicitor handling the transaction, were negligent may be determined by a consideration of the following questions: