Ethics and Professional Responsibility: A Code for the Advocate and Solicitor was specially commissioned by the Chief Justice to address the pressing need for such a Code. It presents a practical and detailed explanation of all the major rules and principles that govern an advocate and solicitor’s professional conduct, and is an invaluable and indispensable resource whether you are an experienced practitioner or a fresh law graduate.

Contents

PART I       OVERVIEW

Chapter 1   Introduction

Chapter 2   Code of Ethical Principles

PART II     ADVOCATE AND SOLICITOR AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Chapter 3   Principles Governing Part II

Chapter 4   Truthfulness in Court

Chapter 5   Responsibility for Client's Conduct

Chapter 6   Undertakings to the Court

Chapter 7   Respect for the Court

Chapter 8   Due Process

Chapter 9   Criminal Proceedings

Chapter 10 Responsibilities to the Administration of Justice Beyond the Advocate and Solicitor's Ordinary Scope of Practice

PART III     ADVOCATE AND SOLICITOR AND THE CLIENT

Chapter 11 Principles Governing Part III

Chapter 12 Accepting Instructions

Chapter 13 Honesty

Chapter 14 Competence and Diligence

Chapter 15 Confidentiality

Chapter 16 Conflict of Interests

Chapter 17 Professional Conduct Uninfluenced by Personal Interest

Chapter 18 Termination of Retainer

PART IV     RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ADVOCATES AND SOLICITORS

Chapter 19 Principles Governing Part IV

Chapter 20 Responsibilities of Advocates and Solicitors to Each Other in General Practice

Chapter 21 Responsibilities of Advocates and Solicitors to Each Other in Court Proceedings

Chapter 22 Undertaking to another Advocate and Solicitor

Chapter 23 Change of Advocate and Solicitor

PART V       ADVOCATE AND SOLICITOR AND THE PUBLIC

Chapter 24 Principles Governing Part V

Chapter 25 Responsibilities to Persons Involved in the Course of Work

Chapter 26 Access to Justice and Other Responsibilites to the Public

PART VI     ORGANISATIONS AND MANAGEMENT OF LAW PRACTICE

Chapter 27 Principles Governing Part VI

Chapter 28 Management and Operation of the Law Practice

Chapter 29 Publicity, Work Procuration and Occupations

PART VII     ADVOCATE AND SOLICITOR AND HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Part VII     Statutory Materials

Author(s)/Editor(s)/Contributor(s):

Jeffrey Pinsler is Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore. He specialises in civil justice, civil and criminal evidence, procedure and ethics. He is an advocate and solicitor, barrister-at-law, a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, a Principal Mediator of the Singapore Mediation Centre, and also a member of various professional committees of legal and governmental institutions including the Singapore Academy of Law and the Supreme Court of Singapore. He has appeared as amicus curiae before the Court of Appeal and has spoken at, and contributed to, conferences and reform programmes in various countries. In 2004, he was conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) for his contributions to learning. In 2008, he was appointed Senior Counsel. He is also Senior Professorial Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Legal Education.

He is a leading author in the fields of evidence, civil procedure and ethics. He has produced 16 major works and multiple articles in his capacity as writer and/or general editor, many of which are considered essential references by practitioners and are regularly relied on by the courts.

Jeffrey was specially commissioned to undertake this work by the Honourable the Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong himself. The Chief Justice considered it timely for the Legal Profession to have a book which would formulate a general code governing professional conduct and explain the fundamental principles governing ethical behaviour in everyday practice. As the immediate importance of this project required it to be completed as soon as possible, Jeffrey produced the manuscript within a year.

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