Transcription of Model Code of Professional Conduct
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IModel code of Professional ConductAs amended October 19, 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE .. 6 CHAPTER 1 INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS .. 8 DEFINITIONS .. 9 CHAPTER 2 STANDARDS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION .. 11 INTEGRITY .. 12 CHAPTER 3 RELATIONSHIP TO CLIENTS .. 14 COMPETENCE .. 15 Definitions .. 15 Competence .. 16 QUALITY OF 19 Quality of Service .. 19 Limited Scope Retainers .. 20 Honesty and Candour .. 21 Language Rights .. 21 When the Client is an Organization .. 22 Encouraging Compromise or Settlement .. 23 Threatening Criminal or Regulatory Proceedings .. 23 Inducement for Withdrawal of Criminal or Regulatory Proceedings .. 24 Dishonesty, Fraud by Client or Others .. 25 Dishonesty, Fraud when Client an Organization .. 26 Clients with Diminished Capacity .. 27 29 Confidential Information .. 29 Use of Confidential Information .. 31 Future Harm / Public Safety Exception.
A breach of the provisions of the Code may or may not be sanctionable. The decision to address a lawyer’s conduct through disciplinary action based on a breach of the Code will be made on a case-by-case basis after an assessment of all relevant information. The rules and commentaries are intended to encapsulate the ethical standard for the
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