Section 17, The Legal Practitioners Act, 2000 THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (C ODE OF C ONDUCT) R ULES , 2010

(1) A legal practitioner shall not accept any brief orinstructions which limit or seek to limit his authority or discretion. (2) The papers in any brief or instructions delivered to a legal practitioner are normally the property of the client. (3) A legal practitioner shall not, without the consent of the client, lend the papers of any brief or instructions delivered to him by a client or reveal their contents to any person otherwise than as may be necessary for the proper discharge of his duties as counsel or Pupil Master. (4) A legal practitioner who finds, on receiving a brief or instructions that acceptance of the papers would amount to his replacing another legal practitioner who has previously been instructed in the same matter shall inform that legal practitioner that the papers have been delivered to him; except where the brief or instructions have been returned by that legal practitioner or the person instructing him in the matter has already informed that legal practitioner of the termination of his services or there has been no reasonable opportunity to inform him before the hearing.