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. Bar Briefs - Page 2241924Full view - About this book
| Carl Frederick Taeusch - Business ethics - 1926 - 392 pages
...advice ran counter to the client's wishes, the lawyer was suspended for one year. ea Canon 8 states: A lawyer should endeavor to obtain full knowledge...which justice is subject, by reason of surprises and disappointments in evidence and witnesses, and through mistakes of juries and errors of Courts, even... | |
| Iowa - 1926 - 710 pages
...adversely affecting any interest of his client with respect to which confidence has been reposed. Before advising upon the merits of a client's cause, a lawyer should endeavor to obtain full knowledge of it and he is then bound to give a candid opinion of the merits and probable result of pending or contemplated... | |
| Iowa - 1926 - 694 pages
...adversely affecting any interest of his client with respect to which confidence has been reposed. Before advising upon the merits of a client's cause, a lawyer should endeavor to obtain full knowledge of it and he is then bound to give a candid opinion of the merits and probable result of pending or contemplated... | |
| Benson Young Landis - Professional ethics - 1927 - 132 pages
...neglectful counsel, generally after communication with the lawyer of whom the complaint is made. 8. Advising upon the Merits of a Client's Cause. —...which justice is subject, by reason of surprises and disappointments in evidence and witnesses, and through mistakes of juries and errors of Courts, even... | |
| Law - 1908 - 540 pages
...overruled to co-operate effectively. In this event it is his duty to ask the client to relieve him. 8. Advising Upon the Merits of a Client's Cause. A lawyer...contemplated litigation. The miscarriages to which at times justice is subject, by reason of surprises and disappointments in evidence and witnesses,... | |
| Mississippi State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1916 - 176 pages
...neglectful counsel, generally after communication with the lawyer of whom the complaint is made. 8. Advising upon the Merits of a Client's Cause. —...to give a candid opinion of the merits and probable results of pending or contemplated litigation. The miscarriages to which justice is subject, by reason... | |
| Admission to the bar - 1927 - 990 pages
...substitution of attorneys, see Attorney and Client, Cent. Dig. §g 110-131 ; Dec. Dig. <£=75, 76. 8. 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... | |
| Denver Bar Association - Bar associations - 1903 - 152 pages
...will hinder or seriously embarrass the full and fearless discharge of all his duties. 34. An attorney should endeavor to obtain full knowledge of his client's cause before advising him, and is bound to give him a candid opinion of the merits and probable result of his cause. When... | |
| Bar Association of the State of Kansas - Bar associations - 1908 - 770 pages
...neglectful counsel, generally after communication with the lawyer of whom the complaint is made. 8. Advising Upon the Merits of a Client's Cause. A lawyer...to which justice is subject, by reason of surprises ar.d disappointments in evidence and witnesses, and through mistakes of juries and errors of Courts,... | |
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