Section 24, The Legal Practitioners Act, 2000 THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (C ODE OF C ONDUCT) R ULES , 2010

(1) A legal practitioner shall inform the person instructinghim in a matter as soon as there is an appreciable risk that he may not be able to undertake a brief which he has accepted; and he shall return that brief in sufficient time to allow for another legal practitioner to be engaged and to master the brief. (2) When a legal practitioner has accepted a brief for the defence of a person charged with an offence he shall so far as practicable ensure that the risk of a conflicting professional engagement does not arise. (3) A legal practitioner shall not return a brief for a fixed date, which he has accepted in order to attend a social or other nonprofessional engagement. (4) A legal practitioner who is on record as a solicitor for one or more of the parties in a civil matter shall, where the circumstances so demand, make a formal application for withdrawal of representation in accordance with the High Court Rules, 2007. PART VI–ADMINISTRATION OF PRACTICE