Standards governing professional practice

(1) An attorney shall uphold at all times the standards set out in these Rules. (2) An attorney shall maintain his integrity and the honour and dignity of the legal profession and of his own standing as a member of it and shall encourage other attorneys to act similarly both in the practice of his profession and in his private life and shall refrain from conduct which is detrimental to the profession, or which may tend to discredit it, provided that the Council will not normally be concerned with the purely private or extra-professional activities of an attorney which do not bring his professional integrity or competence into question. Legal Profession 13