Certified Public Accountants need to respect a certain code of ethics and they need to offer
clients ethical advice.
Not exact matches
when providing
advice to retail
clients, comply with the standards of
ethical behaviour, conduct and
client care required by the Code of Conduct
Our attorneys take professional pride in giving practical
advice and
ethical guidance to
clients who come to us for help with divorce and related family law issues.
Alchemy Law has been founded on the same strong values Truth Legal has; honest,
ethical legal
advice and ensuring a totally professional, caring approach for all
clients.
Nevertheless, all this should mean little in the face of the practical need for lawyers to obtain quick in - house legal
advice on
client matters to help ensure compliance with their
ethical and legal obligations.
In line with a growing trend reflected in decisions from state supreme courts (those in Georgia, Massachusetts and Oregon), as well as from several federal trial courts, the New York intermediate appeals court recognized that «attorneys who have sought the
advice of their law firm's in - house general counsel on their
ethical obligations in representing a firm
client may [properly] invoke [the] attorney -
client privilege to resist the
client's demand for the disclosure of communications seeking or giving such
advice.»
Providing
advice in a way that is indifferent to the needs of her
clients directly violates the code of
ethical conduct as legal services are not means of taking advantage of vulnerable people.
«
Clients and counsel want funders with established track records of funding cases through to completion; ample resources to handle the expense of litigation; the fortitude to weather the uncertainties that are an inevitable feature of litigation; the ability to make funding decisions without inordinate delay; and the ability to offer sound
advice along the way, while still respecting the autonomy of the
client and the
ethical duties of the lawyer to his or her
client.»
Professional,
ethical, moral behaviour seldom trumps dollar grabbing behaviour when so - called professionals who should not even be in the business in the first place, due to their improperly vetted unqualified backgrounds, ultimately get to sway
clients» emotions / decisions based upon self - serving spin passing for objective
advice ostensibly designed for long - term consideration vs actual short - term commission - generating reality.