A lawyers's professional ethics over client's situation. How to act/react?
What does a Lawyer should do? Response to a situation? Laws and Cases from Nepal and other countries A client asks his lawyer to dispose the murder weapon hidden in a place and also asks him to take money for help. What would be the role of a lawyer in this case? In the study, I will try to compare different principles of professional ethics will be explained taking in reference the given situation. Some of the principles of professional conducts of a lawyer that I have looked into are as follows: Principle of Confidentiality This Principle stands on the proposition that a lawyer is not competent or permitted to testify to confidential communications made to her/him by her/his client, nor shall the client be compelled to disclose the information. [8] A lawyer shall not disclose the matters of the client and keep it confidential. However a lawyer may disclose this information with the consent of the client or with other purposes than...