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Table of Contents
Foreword
Interpretation
Abbreviations
The Underlying Principle
1. Integrity
Duties to the Client
2. Competence
3. Quality of Service
4. Honesty and Candour when Advising Clients
5. Confidentiality
6. Impartiality and Conflict of Interest Between Clients
6A. Conflicts Arising as a Result of Transfer between Law Firms
7. Conflict of Interest between Lawyer and Client
8. Outside Interests and the Practice of Law
9. Protecting Client's Property
10. The Lawyer as Advocate
11. Withdrawal
12. Fees
13. Duties to Other Lawyers
14. Duties to the Court
Duties to the Public
15. Making Legal Services Available
16. The Lawyer in Public Office
17. The Lawyer as Prosecutor
Duties to the Profession
18. Duties to the Profession Generally
19. Unauthorized Practice and the Duty to Supervise
20. Seeking Business
Duties to Uphold and Improve Justice and the Administration of Justice
21. Justice and the Administration of Justice
Duties When Speaking or Writing Publicly
22. Public Appearances and Public Statements by Lawyers
The Spirit of the Rules
23. Avoiding Questionable Conduct
24. Discrimination
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