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Acceptance of Retainer ......................................................................7  \n2. Confidentiality.....................................................................................7  \n3. Restraint on acting against a former client .........................................7  \n4. Practitioners employed otherwise than by a practitioner ....................8  \n5. Termination of a Retainer ...................................................................8  \n6. Ownership of clients' documents-Termination of Retainer ...............8  \n7. Acting for more than one party ...........................................................9  \n8. Avoiding a conflict between a client's and a practitioner's own interest ......................................................................................10  \n9. Receiving a benefit under a will or other instrument.........................10  \n10. Practitioner and Client-Borrowing transactions...............................11  \n10A. Diligence and Efficiency ...................................................................12  \nPractitioners' Duties to the Court ............................................................13  \n11. Preparation of affidavits....................................................................13  \n12. Preparation of Court Documents ......................................................13  \n13. Practitioner a material witness in client's case..................................14  \n14. Admission of guilt .............................................................................14  \n15. Admission of perjury.........................................................................14  \n16. Bail ...................................................................................................14  \n17. Advocacy Rules................................................................................15  \n17.1-17.2 Duty to a client ..................................................15  \n17.3-17.5 Independence-Avoidance of personal bias.....15  \n17.6-17.17 Frankness in court ............................................15  \n17.18-17.20 Delinquent or guilty clients................................17  \n17.21-17.27 Responsible use of privilege .............................18  \n17.28-17.34 Integrity of evidence..........................................19  \n17.35-17.42 Duty to opponent ..............................................20  \n17.43-17.45 Integrity of hearings ..........................................22  \n17.46-17.58 Prosecutor's duties ...........................................23  \nRelations with Other Practitioners ..........................................................26  \n18. Communications..............................................................................26  \n19-20 Undertakings ...................................................................................26  \n21 Taking over a matter from another practitioner................................26  \n22 Transfer of a practitioner's practice .................................................27  \n23 Communicating with another practitioner's client.............................28  \nRelations With Third Parties ....................................................................29  \n24 Contracting for services....................................................................29  \n25 Undertakings ....................................................................................29  \n26 Communications...............................................................","cbCaicr4yr1Deu5X","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicr4yr1Deu5X","pdf",143109,34,"English","# Introduction\n# Definitions\n# Relations with Clients\n## Acceptance of Retainer\n## Confidentiality\n## Restraint on acting against a former client\n## Termination of a Retainer\n## Acting for more than one party\n## Avoiding a conflict between a client's and a practitioner's own interest\n## Receiving a benefit under a will or other instrument\n## Practitioner and Client - Borrowing transactions\n## Diligence and Efficiency\n# Practitioners' Duties to the Court\n## Preparation of affidavits\n## Preparation of Court Documents\n## Admission of guilt\n## Admission of perjury\n## Bail\n## Advocacy Rules\n## Frankness in court\n## Integrity of evidence\n## Duty to opponent\n## Integrity of hearings\n## Prosecutor's duties\n# Relations with Other Practitioners\n## Communications\n## Undertakings\n## Taking over a matter from another practitioner\n## Transfer of a practitioner's practice\n## Communicating with another practitioner's client\n# Relations With Third Parties\n## Contracting for services\n## Undertakings\n## Communications\n## Debt collection or mercantile agencies\n# Legal Practice\n## Conducting another business\n## Referral fees - Taking unfair advantage of potential clients - Commissions\n## Payment of Counsel’s fees\n## Waiver\n## Dealings with the Law Society\n# Repeal and Transition\n## Repeal and Transition","[{\"question\":\"What is the scope of these Professional Conduct and Practice rules?\",\"answer\":\"The rules apply to all legal practitioners except those practising solely as barristers. 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