 | Law - 1908 - 398 pages
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 | 1908 - 1066 pages
...but by due process of law ;" the right of the client to receive from the lawyer whose advice he asks a candid opinion of the merits and probable result of pending or contemplated litigation ; the impropriety, in fixing fees, of charging a client in excess of the value of the service because of... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1915 - 990 pages
...prohahle result of pending or contemplated litigation. The miscarriages to which justice is suhject, hy reason of surprises and disappointments in evidence...Courts, even though only occasional, admonish lawyers to heware of hold and confident assurances to clients, especially where the employment may depend upon... | |
 | Law - 1908 - 1082 pages
...miscarriages to which justice is subject, and the uncertainty of predicting results, admonish attorneys to beware of bold and confident assurances to clients, especially where the employment depends upon the assurance, and the case is. not plain. 36. Promptness and Punctuality. — Prompt... | |
 | United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - Interstate commerce - 1978 - 990 pages
...practitioner should endeavor to obtain full knowledge of his client's cause before advising thereon, and he is bound to give a candid opinion of the merits...probable result of pending or contemplated litigation. He should beware of bold and confident assurances to clients, especially where employment may depend... | |
 | Maryland State Bar Association - 1901 - 216 pages
...miscarriages to which justice is subject, and the uncertainty of predicting results, admonish attorneys to beware of bold and confident assurances to clients, especially where the employment depends upon the assurance, and the •case is not plain. 33. Prompt preparation for trial, punctuality... | |
 | North Carolina Bar Association - Bar associations - 1910 - 248 pages
...and he is bound to give a candid opinion of the merits and probable result of pending or complicated litigation. The miscarriages to which justice is subject,...confident assurances to clients, especially where tl^e employment may depend upon such assurance. Whenever the controversy will admit of fair adjustment,... | |
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Advising Upon the Merits of a Client's Cause. A lawyer should endeavor to obtain full knowledge of his client's cause before advising thereon, and he is bound to give a candid opinion of the merits and probable result of pending or contemplated litigation.... 
