Regulation 10

The following principles guide the interpretation of this rule.Principles(a)A legal practitioner’s duty to assist in the administration of justice includes a responsibility, commensurate with the amount of control the legal practitioner has over his or her client, to prevent the client from misleading a court or tribunal in any manner and from otherwise acting improperly.(b)A legal practitioner must exercise professional judgment over the substance and purpose of any advice which the legal practitioner gives and any document which the legal practitioner drafts.(c)A legal practitioner must not engage in any conduct which would be unlawful, unethical or otherwise improper, whether or not such conduct would promote the cause of his or her client.

A legal practitioner whose client is a party to any proceedings before a court or tribunal must inform the client of the client’s responsibilities to the court or tribunal, and to every other party to those proceedings, including the client’s duties —

To the extent that a legal practitioner is able, the legal practitioner must prevent his or her client from, must not be a party to, and must not assist the client in, doing either or both of the following:

Where a legal practitioner knows that his or her client is about to give, or has given, false evidence or false information to a court or tribunal, the legal practitioner must —

A legal practitioner must not render to his or her client any advice which the legal practitioner knows or has reasonable grounds to believe is sought by the client for any dishonest, fraudulent or unlawful purpose.

A legal practitioner must not knowingly assist or permit his or her client —