Section 38, The Legal Practitioners Act, 2000 THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (C ODE OF C ONDUCT) R ULES , 2010

(1) A legal practitioner instructed to settle a pleading isunder responsibility to the Court and his client and as such he shall not make any allegation unsupported by his instructions. (2) A legal practitioner shall not allege fraud unless– (a) he has clear instructions to plead fraud; and (b) he has before him credible material which, as it stands, establishes a prima facie case of fraud. (3) In an appeal to the Court a legal practitioner shall not settle grounds of appeal unless he considers that the proposed appeal is properly arguable.