73 (1) If the panel finds a member guilty of incompetence, professional misconduct or improper conduct with respect to a lawyer or student in the course of his or her work as a member, employee or employee of a law firm, the panel may, in addition to anything it may do under section 72, reprimand or order cabinet to pay a fine of up to $100,000. or both. 2. A person shall not be granted the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria unless he has been qualified as an Advocate in Nigeria for at least ten years and has distinguished himself as a solicitor in such manner as the Committee may from time to time determine. (d) all professional responsibilities and obligations relating to communications with or information received by a lawyer or advice from him apply to shareholders, directors, officers and employees of a partnership practising law; and (b) hold office for the period specified in or under this Constitution, and at least seven such persons shall be at least ten years of age. (2) Where it appears to the Chief Justice that a lawyer should be suspended from practising his or her profession, whether for the purpose of initiating proceedings under this Act before or in the course of proceedings against the Disciplinary Council, the Chief Justice may, if he or she considers it appropriate, after giving the lawyer concerned the opportunity to, comment on the merits of the case by giving directions permitted under paragraph (1)(ii) of section 11; and in deciding whether such an instruction should be given following the conviction of a lawyer, the Chief Justice shall have the right to disregard the provisions of paragraph 5 of this article. (3) In calculating the period during which a person is deemed to be a lawyer, account shall be taken, for the purposes of this Act, of any period prior to the enactment of the Legal Practitioners Act, 1962 during which he was lawfully entitled to practise as a lawyer in any part of Nigeria. (3) This Part applies to a lawyer`s invoice or agreement, even if the lawyer is no longer a member of the partnership, if the lawyer was a member at the time the legal services were provided. (4) The relationship between a law firm that carries on business under this Part and the Rules and a person that receives legal services provided by the company is subject to all applicable laws relating to fiduciary, confidential and ethical relationships between a lawyer and a client. (b) select, draft or supplement legal documents or agreements that affect the legal rights or obligations of any person; 16 (1) For the purposes of this section, “governing body” means the governing body of the legal professions of another province or territory of Canada. (g) five jurists who are senior advocates of Nigeria. 38 (1) If a member of the corporation has been convicted or convicted in Canada or outside Canada of an offence that is incompatible with the proper conduct of a member of the corporation, including a conviction under (a) an occupational compensation plan established, managed, maintained and operated by the advisers in accordance with subsection 30(2), (9) If a direction under paragraph 1 or 2 of this Division for the return of money paid or for the delivery of documents or other things, and within twenty-eight days of the date of the order (or, if an appeal is made, on the dismissal of the appeal) the lawyer does not comply with the direction, The disciplinary board may treat the case as a case of misconduct on the part of the lawyer in the exercise of his professional functions.
(b) receive the sums to which the member, in his professional or fiduciary capacity, is entitled or receives from a person; and 9. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a person is not exempt from liability for damages resulting from his negligence in the performance of his duties as an attorney and any provision to exclude or limit such liability in a contract is null and void. (2) The publication referred to in paragraph 1 may be made to the members of the company, to the management body of a legal profession in a foreign jurisdiction or to the public, or to a combination thereof. 2004, c. 28, p. 46. (ii) assistance programs for lawyers in matters arising from the exercise of this right under the Association`s mandatory professional liability program; `encumbered person` means a person who has agreed to pay for legal services, whether or not those services were provided on his or her behalf; (e) report to an insurer any fact of which the depositary is aware that indicates that the lawyer may be held professionally liable to a client or any other person; (d) is not subject to the trust for the benefit of a person claiming a professional indemnity.