Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners, 2007 (as amended) 🇳🇬

Nigeria Repealed: 2024-01-01

Amendments

2020-09-03Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Rules, 2020

Repeal Notice

This legislation was repealed on 2024-01-01 by Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners, 2023

Table of Contents

Coat of Arms
Legal Practitioners Act, 1962

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Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners, 2007 (as amended)

  • Commenced on 2 January 2007
  • [This is the version of this document from 3 September 2020.]
  1. [Amended by Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Rules, 2020 (Subsidiary Instrument 15 of 2020) on 3 September 2020]
  2. [Repealed on 1 January 2024 by Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners, 2023 (Subsidiary Instrument 32 of 2023)]

A - PRACTICE AS A LEGAL PRACTITIONER

1. General Responsibility Of A Lawyer.

A Lawyer shall uphold and observe the rule of law, promote and Foster the cause of justice, maintain a high standard of professional conduct, and Shall not engage in any conduct which is unbecoming of a legal practitioner.

2. Duty As To Admission Into The Legal Profession.

A lawyer shall not knowingly do any act or make any omission or Engage in any conduct designed to lead to the admission into the legal Profession of a person who is unsuitable for admis…

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