Legal practitioners must maintain the honour of the court, create a courteous atmosphere (decorum) in the court, and uphold the dignity of the legal profession. A scenario where counsel walks out on...

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Ethics demands that a legal practitioner has a duty to the court where he has been debriefed.

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In the course of representation of a client, if the client deliberately disregards instructions or an obligation as to payment of expenses; Counsel may withdraw his engagement, and such withdrawal is justified....

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A legal practitioner can terminate an engagement where his best endeavours to restrain and prevent his client from committing any breach of the law is undermined; or withdraw if it can be...

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Hypothetically, a client engaged the services of a legal practitioner to secure bail without any express agreement to the terms of engagement. Subsequently, the client determined the services of the legal practitioner...

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As comparable to the ‘Cab rank’ rule which ensures that lawyers take the rough with the smooth, the Rules of Professional Conduct stipulates that lawyers are to accept any brief. However, lawyers...

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lawyers must at all times, seek the improvement of the law, access to the legal system, and the administration of justice, and the quality of service rendered to the legal profession.

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Due to the magnitude and complexity in a case, several Counsel were briefed and retained at different times to share responsibilities.

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Lawyers belong to an ancient, honoured profession as per the practice of Law is a worthy calling.

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The imperative for counsel to avoid conflicts and perhaps embarrassment cannot be overemphasized.

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