Fundamental principle on legal ethics

Running head: LEGAL ETHICS
Fundamental principle on legal ethics
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1LEGAL ETHICS
It is a well known concept of legal practice that every Advocate should have to follow
certain legal rules for the sake of public interest. In United Kingdom, the Code of Conduct
encompasses the necessary provisions on the subject. According to the SRA Code of
Conduct, every legal professional should be committed in ethical acting and should abide by
the mandatory principles engraved under the Code1. However, the term legal practitioner
includes solicitors, junior advocates and their managers.
According to the SRA Code of Conduct, every Advocate is required to act in such way
to maintain the professional integrity and should follow the moral principles while dealing
with the clients. Ethics are playing an important role in case of the professional conduct. It
guides the professionals so that they can perform their duties in a proper way and can act
rationally2. The objective of the ethics is based on the theories of serving for the interest of
the consumers and provides them all the legal necessities for the interest of justice.
However, the above noted statement regarding the ethical approach of the advocate is
true. It has been observed that a legal practitioner has to face lots of problems while dealing
with the clients or performing their businesses. The foremost dilemma is conflict of interest.
It happens when an advocate is representing two clients in a same matter of dispute.
According to the ethical principles and professional code of conduct, an advocate is required
to maintain every kind of confidentiality regarding each client and must not be partial to any
1 Schmidt, Bonnie J., Brent R. MacWilliams, and Leslie Neal-Boylan. "Becoming Inclusive: A Code of Conduct
for Inclusion and Diversity." Journal of Professional Nursing 33.2 (2017): 102-107.
2 Vaughan, Steven. "Guidance and the regulatory space for solicitors." (2015).