B-1, r. 3 - Code of ethics of advocates

Section 3.05.16 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

3.05.16. An advocate who engages in his professional activities within a partnership or joint-stock company shall take reasonable measures to ensure that the partnership or joint-stock company, any person engaging in activities within the partnership or joint-stock company or having an interest therein, a director or an officer refrains from doing one of the following:

(1)  acquiring a right of ownership in litigious property when providing professional services to the client;

(2)  acting as surety in a matter under the jurisdiction of a court of penal jurisdiction, except where it is justified by his family relationship with the accused;

(3)  borrowing from the client the sums of money collected for the client;

(4)  collecting interest contrary to section 3.08.07.

O.C. 351-2004, s. 47.