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.... Rules for Admission to the Bar - Page xiii1911Full view - About this book
| 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
...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. 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,... | |
| Commercial law - 1913 - 632 pages
...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...assurance. Whenever the controversy will admit of lair adjustment, the client should be acivlsed to avoid or to end the litigation. 9. Negotiations With... | |
| Law - 1911 - 496 pages
...miscarriages to which justice i» 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. 32. Prompt preparation for trial, punctuality... | |
| West Virginia Bar Association - Bar associations - 1904 - 186 pages
...miscarriage 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. 32. Prompt preparation for trial, punctuality... | |
| Mississippi State Bar Association - 1907 - 24 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... | |
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