 Advising Upon the Merits of a Client's Cause. A lawyer should endeavor to obtain full knowledge of his client's cause before advising thereon, and he is bound to give a candid opinion of the merits and probable result of pending or contemplated litigation....  Year Book - Page 122by New Jersey State Bar Association - 1919Full view - About this book
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1921 - 1066 pages
...before advising thereon, and he is bound to give a candid opinion of the merits and probable result of pending or contemplated litigation. The miscarriages...assurance. Whenever the controversy will admit of fair adjust ment, the client should be advised to avoid or to end the litigation. 9. Negotiation* with Opposite... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1915 - 990 pages
...prohahle result of pending or contemplated litigation. The miscarriages to which justice is suhject, hy reason of surprises and disappointments in evidence...Courts, even though only occasional, admonish lawyers to heware of hold and confident assurances to clients, especially where the employment may depend upon... | |
 | Law - 1908 - 1082 pages
...miscarriages to which justice is subject, and the uncertainty of predicting results, admonish attorneys to beware of bold and confident assurances to clients, especially where the employment depends upon the assurance, and the case is. not plain. 36. Promptness and Punctuality. — Prompt... | |
 | Maryland State Bar Association - 1901 - 216 pages
...miscarriages to which justice is subject, and the uncertainty of predicting results, admonish attorneys to beware of bold and confident assurances to clients, especially where the employment depends upon the assurance, and the •case is not plain. 33. Prompt preparation for trial, punctuality... | |
 | North Carolina Bar Association - Bar associations - 1910 - 248 pages
...and he is bound to give a candid opinion of the merits and probable result of pending or complicated litigation. The miscarriages to which justice is subject,...confident assurances to clients, especially where tl^e employment may depend upon such assurance. Whenever the controversy will admit of fair adjustment,... | |
 | Commercial law - 1913 - 632 pages
...before advising thereon, and he is bound to give a candid opinion of the merits and probable result of pending or contemplated litigation. The miscarriages...assurance. Whenever the controversy will admit of lair adjustment, the client should be acivlsed to avoid or to end the litigation. 9. Negotiations With... | |
 | Law - 1911 - 496 pages
...miscarriages to which justice i» subject, and the uncertainty of predicting results, admonish attorneys to beware of bold and confident assurances to clients, especially where the employment depends upon the assurance and the case is not plain. 32. Prompt preparation for trial, punctuality... | |
 | West Virginia Bar Association - Bar associations - 1904 - 186 pages
...miscarriage to which justice is subject and the uncertainty of predicting results admonish attorneys to beware of bold and confident assurances to clients, especially where the employment depends upon the assurance, and the case is not plain. 32. Prompt preparation for trial, punctuality... | |
 | Mississippi State Bar Association - 1907 - 24 pages
...miscarriages to which justice is subject, and the uncertainty of predicting results^ admonish attorneys to beware of bold and confident assurances to clients, especially where the employment depends upon the assurance, and the case is not plain. 33. Prompt preparation for trial, punctuality... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1908 - 1134 pages
...before advising thereon, and he is bound to give a candid opinion of the merits and probable result of pending or contemplated litigation. The miscarriages...controversy will admit of fair adjustment, the client should he advised to avoid or to end the litigation. 9. Negotiations With Opposite Party. A lawyer should... | |
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