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Forthwith withdrawal of services

Legal Profession (Code Of Conduct) Rules, r. 64 · Revised Edition 2020

An attorney shall withdraw forthwith his services from matter pending before a tribunal– (a) where the client insists upon his representing a claim or that he cannot conscientiously advance; (b) where the client seeks to pursue a course of conduct which is illegal, or which will result in deliberately deceiving the Court; (c) where a client has in the course of the proceedings perpetrated a fraud upon a person 30 Legal Profession or tribunal and on request by the attorney has refused or is unable to rectify the same; (d) where his continued service will involve him in the violation of the law or a disciplinary rule; (e) where the client by any other conduct renders it unreasonably difficult for the attorney to carry out his service as such effectively, or in accordance with the judgment and advice of the attorney, or the rules of law or professional ethics; (f) where for any good and compelling reason it is difficult, for him effectively, to render his
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