Section 26, The Legal Practitioners Act, 2000 THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (C ODE OF C ONDUCT) R ULES , 2010

(1) Except as provided in these Rules or with the consentof the client, a legal practitioner shall not hand over his brief to another legal practitioner to take his place and conduct the case. (2) A legal practitioner who has been instructed to draft any document or advice in writing shall not delegate this responsibility to another legal practitioner unless the client consents, but he may obtain assistance in the performance of such work without the consent of his client if he takes personal responsibility for the contents of the completed work. (3) A legal practitioner who arranges for another legal practitioner other than a person employed in his firm to do some work in order to increase his own skill or experience shall– (a) pay proper financial remuneration for the work done; (b) make payment within a reasonable time and in any event within two months after the work has been done, unless otherwise agreed in advance with the legal practitioner concerned; (c) deal with payment for such work himself and not delegate responsibility to anyone else.