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Write explanatory notes on duties or obligations of an advocate.

      

Write explanatory notes on duties or obligations of an advocate.

  

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Maurice
(i) Duty to the court: as an officer of the court, an advocate is bound to assist the court
in the administration of justice by urging the facts and the law correctly.

(ii) Duty of client: he owes his clients, a legal duty of care to represent them in the
bestmanner possible. He is liable in damages for professional misconduct or negligence
for failing to exercise reasonable care.

(iii) Duty to the profession: as a member of a profession, an advocate is bound to
maintain the highest possible standard of conduct and integrity by observing the rules and ethics of the profession.

(iv) Duty to society: as a member of society, an advocate is bound to participate in
the social, political and economic development of the society.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on May 3, 2018 at 06:28


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