Relations with Clients

(Statement of general principle)

Solicitors should serve their clients competently and diligently. They should be acutely aware of the fiduciary nature of their relationship with their clients, and always deal with their clients fairly, free of the influence of any interest which may conflict with a client's best interests. Solicitors should maintain the confidentiality of their clients' affairs, and give their clients the benefit of all information relevant to their clients' affairs of which they have knowledge. Solicitors should not, in the service of their clients, engage in, or assist, conduct that is calculated to defeat the ends of justice or is otherwise in breach of the law.