Section 23, The Legal Practitioners Act, 2000 THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (C ODE OF C ONDUCT) R ULES , 2010

(1) If a legal practitioner receives a brief or instructionswhich he believes to be beyond his competence, he shall decline that brief or those instructions. (2) If a legal practitioner receives instructions and it is or becomes apparent to him that he cannot do the work within a reasonable time, he shall inform the client in writing forthwith. (3) If a legal practitioner receives instructions where a time limit has been set for the completion of the work and the legal practitioner sees no reasonable prospect of his being able to finish the work within that time limit, he shall either return the instructions forthwith or obtain further time in the matter forthwith.