LexisNexis Quick Reference Guide - Q&A Series - Professional Ethics, Accountancy of Lawyers and Bar-Bench Relationship (Practical Training Paper)

Professional Ethics, Accountancy of Lawyers and Bar-Bench Relationship (Practical Training Paper) is specially designed for students pursuing the three-year or five-year Law course in law education institutes. This revision book is part of the Quick Reference Guide: Q&A Series designed as a study aid for law students with a clear objective of assisting students in the preparation of examinations. The series adheres to the syllabus of the undergraduate law courses of all major universities and law institutes. Further, it deals with the important topics in a comprehensive yet summarised manner.

The text covers the important topics of professional ethics such as general rules of professional conduct, persons entitled to legal practice, right to practice and restrictions, principles of professional ethics, standards of professional conduct, professional negligence of lawyers. It further covers the topics relating to the forms of attire, constitution of bar councils, composition of disciplinary committee, acts amounting to professional misconduct, recent leading cases on professional misconduct, the seven lamps of advocacy and bar-bench relations. It also covers topics like the roles and duties of judges, contempt of court, defences available to the contemner, accounting of advocates of partnership firms, conditions for the right to practice, form of dresses or robes to be worn by advocates, rules governing advocates, disciplinary proceedings and review.

Key Features
• Contains around 9 long questions and answers focusing on quick conceptual clarity, 19 short questions and answers and over 30 important cases
• Answers are supplemented with numerous judgments, case law and citations
• Helps students to prepare for exams and enhances their answer-writing skills by providing comprehensive and to-the-point answers
• Presents topics in a question and answer format, as a tool to aid in last-minute rapid revision
• Provides frequently-asked questions based on previous years’ question papers from major universities in the form of essay questions, short questions and important cases