INTRODUCTION

The work of an Advocate is essentially the work of an individual practitioner whose conscience, guided by the advice of his seniors, is more likely to tell him how to behave than any book of rules.

In places in this Guide, it has been found convenient to state “the rule” or “the general rule”.Although convenient, use of the word “rule”would be misleading if it were thought to imply that the rule is absolute and subject to no exceptions whatever the circumstances.The Guide must be read as a whole and interpreted according to its spirit rather than its letter.For the same reasons, it must not be assumed that it is enough for an Advocate to keep within the letter of a “rule” as stated in the Guide.

It cannot be stressed too strongly that the ultimate test of an Advocate’s conduct is whether it is such as to impair the trust and the confidence which others place in him and his profession.