Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1. These rules may be called Pakistan legal practitioner and bar rules
1976.
2. According to rule 134 Every advocate must uphold all the time with
dignity and high standing of his profession as well as his own dignity
and high standing as a proffession thereof.
3. According to rule 135 of the professional conduct Advocate shall
not solicit professional conduct by advertisement.
4. Junior and senior should always be respectful to his senior.
5. Advocate shall not acquire interest adverse to client in the property
or interest involved in the case.
6. No division of fee with any person for legal services is proper except
with other advocate upon division of work.
7. An advocate should not argue to the judge in the absence of other
opposing counsel.
8. An advocate shall not advice the violation of any law.
9. It is the duty of advocate to maintain the respectful duty towerds
court.
10. An advocate shall not misquote the testimony of witness.
11. An advocate shall not join any business or servant or institution.
12. An advocate shall not accept an employment in a matter in which
he served in a judicial capacity.
13. An advocate has a right to decline his services to client.
14. An advocate shall not displays a board sign outside his office of
size more than 1 ½ x 2.
15. Violation of these rules shall be gross professional misconduct.
16. according to rule 136 an advocate shall not employ any other
person for thee employment or any unliscenced person for the
purpose of compensation from him nor he shall abet or support any
un liscensed person in this regard.
17. An advocate shall not communicate with the judge in the absence
of other opposing counsel except in ex-parte or a matter not
subjudice to judge .
18. According to rule 140 clients are litigants.
19. Under rule 141 Division of fees with another associate advocate is
only appropriate when upon the principle of division of work as
agreed between the advocates.
20. According to rule 148 an Advocate must not represent conflicting
interest .
21. An Advocate must not advise the violation of any law except in a
good faith when th law is invalid.
22. It is the right of an advocate to undertake defense of a person
accused of a crime regardless of his personal opinion.
23. Rule 154 gives us the rules regarding the determination of fee.
24. Under rule 156 an Advocate must obey the voice of his own
conscience and not that of his client.
25. Under rule 158 no client can force his advocate or demand to do
anything that is against his honor and dignity.
26. According to rule 159 it is the duty of an advocate to maintain
respectfull behavior towerds court for the mantainance of its supreme
importance.
27. Suppression of facts or concealing of witness capable of
establishing the innocence of accused is highly reprehensible.
28. Under rule 164 publishing in newspaper regarding pewnding of
cases may interfere with the fair trial in the courts.
29. Non observance or violation of canons professional conduct and
attiquets mentioned in this chapter shall be deemed to be professional
misconduct.
30. Under rule 170 an advocate must decline to conduct a civil cause
when it is intended to harass opposite party.
31. An advocate should behave himself as an officer of he court.
32. Under rule 166 it is the duty of Advocate to appear in court when a
matter is called and if it is so possible to make satisfactory
arrangements.
33. The term Etiquate refers to a patron of Behaviour.
34. An Advocate shall disclose professional capacity when appears
before the board or committee.
35. Under rule 137 An advocate shall not communicate about a
subject of controversy with a party in the absence of advocate and
without the consent of such advocate.
36. Under rule 143 Juniors and youngers should respect their seniors.
37. Under rule 144 when there are more advocates then seniors should
leasd the case and junior should assist seniors.
38. Under rule 145 an advocate shall not acquire any interest adverse
to his client in the property or the interest involved in the case.
39. Under rule 148 An advocate shall not represent conflicting
interests.
40. Under rule 147 an advocate shall not accept professional
employment except by disclosing first his relation with the adverse
party.
41. Under rule 160 an advocate shall not advice to conceal the process
of service or testimony.
42. Under rule 161 an advocate shall not misquote a judge or the
arguments of his opposing counsel.
43. Under rule 163 primary duty of an advocate is not to convict a
person but to see the justice is done.
44. Canons of professional conduct and etiquettes for lawyers are
outlined by Pakistan Bar Counsel.
45. If an advocate is a counsel and a witness as well in a case he must
appear as a witness in the court.
46. After obtaining a wakalatnama an advocate can discontinue to
apear after proper discharging.
47. There is no bar to use professional card and name plates except
personal advertisement.
48. Under rule 157 it is the duty of Advocate to appear in the court
when the matter is called or make proper alternative arrangements.
49. Under rule 168 an advocate can refuse his services to prosucte or
take a case if it seems to him as a delaying tactics.
50. Under rule 174 an advocate shall not accept any employement in a
matter in which he was previously involved in judicial capacity.
51. Under rule 142 it is the duty of advocate to uphold the precedence
accotrding to bar counsel.
52. Rules 134 to 175A deals with canons of professional conduct and
etiquettes of advocates.
53. Under rule 149 taking a property as a fee and purchasing a benami
property is not allowed.
54. Under rule 154 the reasonable request of a brother advocate should
be considered.
55. Under rule 170 an advocate has a right to decline professional
employment.
56. While reasoning a lawyer must resort to dogmatic assertions.