Duty of counsel
by chan marx
1. duty to society
1.1. S.42(1)(g)LPA
1.2. S.42(1)(i)LPA
1.3. Rajasooria v Disciplinary Committee
1.4. Duty to initiate law reform
1.5. Duty to educate public of their legal rights
2. duty to opposing counsels
2.1. duty of fairness to opposing counsel/duty not cast aspersions on opposing counsel
2.1.1. Clyde v New South Wales Bar Association
2.2. Duty not to engage in personal bickering with opposing counsel in court
2.2.1. Beevis v Dawson
2.3. Counsel acting for a party in a proceedings should not be subpoenaed as a witness unless necessary
2.3.1. Wong Sin Chong & Anor v Bhagwan Singh
3. special duty for criminal lawyer
3.1. Prosecuting Counsel
3.1.1. R v Banks
3.2. Defence Counsel
3.2.1. S.126 of EA
3.2.2. Tuckiar v The King
4. duty to court
4.1. not to mislead the court
4.1.1. case: Rondel v Worsley
4.2. not to withhold authorities
4.2.1. R H Somapah Deceased
4.3. not to misrep witness
4.3.1. R JLP Haris
4.4. to prevent the court from illegal transaction
4.4.1. Mercantile Credit Co Ltd v Hamblin
4.5. not to cast aspersion on witness
4.5.1. Roy v Prior
4.6. no duty to inform court about the dis-credibility of witness
4.6.1. Meek v Fleming