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Part 2 · Rules Applicable to Practice of Law in Singapore

8A. Conduct of alternative dispute resolution process

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Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2017.

(1)

A legal practitioner must always be respectful of the alternative dispute resolution process and the adjudicator, mediator or other person conducting the process.

(2)

A legal practitioner must always be courteous in the conduct or presentation of his or her client’s case in an alternative dispute resolution process.

(3)

A legal practitioner must act in good faith throughout the alternative dispute resolution process.

(4)

A legal practitioner must not knowingly mislead or attempt to mislead in any way an adjudicator, a mediator or other person conducting the alternative dispute resolution process.

(5)

A legal practitioner must not knowingly assist or permit his or her client to mislead an adjudicator, a mediator or other person conducting the alternative dispute resolution process.

Subregulation 1

A legal practitioner must always be respectful of the alternative dispute resolution process and the adjudicator, mediator or other person conducting the process.

Subregulation 2

A legal practitioner must always be courteous in the conduct or presentation of his or her client’s case in an alternative dispute resolution process.

Subregulation 3

A legal practitioner must act in good faith throughout the alternative dispute resolution process.

Subregulation 4

A legal practitioner must not knowingly mislead or attempt to mislead in any way an adjudicator, a mediator or other person conducting the alternative dispute resolution process.

Subregulation 5

A legal practitioner must not knowingly assist or permit his or her client to mislead an adjudicator, a mediator or other person conducting the alternative dispute resolution process.

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Rules Applicable to Practice of Singapore Law and Practice in Singapore Courts

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Rules Applicable to Management and Operation of Law Practices

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Rules Applicable to Touting and Publicity

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