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Professional misconduct
Matched in: Term Professional misconduct
malpractice
malpractice : negligence, misconduct, lack of ordinary skill, or a breach of duty in the performance of a professional service (as in medicine) resulting in injury or loss
Incorporated Law Society
the Master of the Rolls under s. 4 of the Act, by whom all complaints against Solicitors for professional misconduct are heard. Under s. 5, the Committee can suspend or strike off the roll an offender, subject to
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Misbehaviour
statute under consideration. In the context of disciplinary proceedings against a solicitor, the word misconduct was construed as professional misconduct extending to conduct 'which shows him to be unworthy member of the legal profession', C. Ravichandra Iyer v.
Improper legal advice and wrong legal advice
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 legal
sanction
official approval or consent to : ratify 2 : to impose a sanction on [ed the lawyer for professional misconduct]
Conduct disgraceful in a professional respect
Matched in: Term Conduct disgraceful in a professional respect
misconduct
Matched in: Term misconduct
Arbitration
or in certain cases summarily. Arbitrators under the Judicature Acts are called 'referees.' Various Chambers of Commerce and professional and trade bodies have instituted Courts of arbitration for dealing with disputes arising in connection with their trade … soon as the award is published, the arbitrator's authority is at an end. An arbitrator maybe removed for misconduct, e.g., for refusing to state a case for the High Court, Palmer v. Hosken, 1898 (1) QB 131,
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. … 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 wrongfully acting as a solicitor and s. 46 for prosecuting in
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