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Nigeria Repealed: 2024-01-01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This legislation was repealed on 2024-01-01 by Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners, 2023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
Legal Practitioners Act, 1962
S.I. rpc
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.]
- [Amended by Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Rules, 2020 (Subsidiary Instrument 15 of 2020) on 3 September 2020]
- [Repealed on 1 January 2024 by Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners, 2023 (Subsidiary Instrument 32 of 2023)]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…Read the Full Legislation on judy.legal
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