Your firm has just been retained for a Start-Up Visa application for a robotics company. Three business partners from Germany are seeking work permits to start up their company in Canada, and you will be handling this for them. Their company manufactures a unique device which can turn over a bed-ridden hospital patient safely using an electro-mechanical device. It avoids heavy lifting by nurses and has huge market potential. A representative from a British company contacts your firm to request a consultation about applying for a start-up visa for a similar device for hospital patients using a different technique but accomplishing the same thing. In this situation, your firm should:
a) cease representing the German company.
b) book the consultation to get more details on the nature of the British product.
c) obtain written consent from the German company.
d) not meet with the British company.
