Legal Ethics: Misappropriation of Client's Fund and Relevant Laws

LEGAL ETHICS

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Prepare a judgement ..............................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFRENCES ................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Legal ethics means those principles which is used in order to cover professional aspects
related to law. These perspectives are used for developing proper ethical structure that makes
lawyers and advocate follow professional ethics while performing their duty. It is used for
developing discipline and order that helps in developing appropriate duty which an legal
professional is bound to follow. Also legal ethics leads upon developing ethical framework
through analysing various factors impacting legal professional conduct. Scope of ethics is very
wide as it covers about professionalism existing in legal profession. This following file is based
over case scenario related to misproportion of client's fund. In relation to the issues appropriate
law has to be marked out and then judgement is required to be prepared in context of issue
raised.
MAIN BODY
Prepare a judgement
Issue: As per the analysis of case scenario issue marked out is misappropriation of
client's fund. This is based upon using client's fund in unauthorized, improper or unlawful
manner. Misappropriation of fund commonly based upon situation within which offending party
has an added measure of responsibility1. Further, the issue deals with usage of fund's by lawyers
and advocate for their personal interest without the consent of client. The issue is common in
relation over public official, trustee of a trust, an executor or administrator of a dead person or
by any person with responsibility to care for protection of another assets. In order to develop
clear understanding upon the issue example has been explained that is, Mark an attorney took
funds from client in order to settle dispute but uses the fund to buy an expensive jewellery.
Through this example it can be understood that Mark has knowingly committed misappropriates
of client's funds. So, in this example claim can be made upon Mark as per statute applicable
within such situation.
Rule:
1 Francis, Andrew M., "Legal Ethics, Moral Agency And Professional Autonomy: The
Unbearable Ethics Of Being (A Legal Executive)?" (2020) 10(2) Legal Ethics