Section 39, The Legal Practitioners Act, 2000 THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (C ODE OF C ONDUCT) R ULES , 2010

(1) A legal practitioner employed as counsel shall notcommunicate to any third person information which has been entrusted to him in confidence or use such information to his client’s detriment or to his own or another client’s advantage. (2) This duty continues after the relation of counsel and client has ceased. (3) A legal practitioner’s duty not to divulge confidential information without the consent of his client subsists unless he is Appearance in robes. Use of complimentary cards and robes. practitioners seeking public office. Duty to uphold interest of client. Settlement of pleadings etc. Prohibition of giving or using information. 14 15 compelled to do so by order of a Court or enactment or the circumstances give rise to a public duty of disclosure or the protection of the legal practitioner’s professional integrity requires it. PART XI–FEES