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Client (Professional)
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Professional misconduct
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Solicitor
1 Ch 96). As to charging order for costs, see s. 69. Communications made to him in his professional character by a client are privileged; but the privilege is that of the client, not of the solicitor. … [(English) Juries Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 77), s. 9] A solicitor is liable to his client for negligence, and may be struck off the Roll for misconduct. S. 45 makes provision for penalties for
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Secret
privileged communica-tions, however, the privilege is that of the client, not of the solicitor. The clerk of a professional or business man is under an implied contract not to disclose professional or trade secrets which he has … Secret. A solicitor, and it is presumed also a barrister, is bound by law not to disclose his client's secrets, and the same rule does not appear to apply as between medical men and their patients, see
Improper legal advice and wrong legal advice
object. It is unworthy that an advocate should accept employment with such motive, or so long as his client has such understanding of his purpose. It is professionally improper for a member of the bar to prepare … of improper legal advice is different from giving of wrong legal advice. While the former may amount to professional misconduct, the latter may not be so. It is against professional etiquette for a lawyer to give improper
Brief
brief does not give rise to any contractual obligation between a barrister and either the professional or lay client, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 3(1), 4th Edn., Para 459, p. 365. Means a concise statement of a
commingling
commingling Act of fiduciary in mingling funds of his beneficiary, client, employer, or ward with his own funds. Such act is generally considered to be a breach of his … client's funds with his own and as a result is subject to disciplinary action under the Rules of Professional Conduct. Source: FindLaw
Retainer
Retainer. (1) The contract between client and solicitor or between solicitor and counsel for professional services: the contract that such services shall not be
conflict of interest
in a position of trust 2 : a conflict between competing duties (as in an attorney's representation of clients with adverse interests) see also ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct in the Important Laws section
Countor
An advocate or professional pleader one who counted for his client that is orally pleaded his cause
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