Responsibilities of Advocate and Solicitor in Malaysia: Revisiting the meaning of misconduct
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Responsibilities, Advocate, Solicitor, MisconductAbstract
The responsibilities of advocate and solicitor include duties towards client, court and the legal profession. Failure to comply with the law relating to the legal profession, advocate and solicitor in Malaysia shall be subjected to disciplinary actions due to misconduct. They shall be struck off as legal practitioners. This paper adopts qualitative research. This paper explains the responsibilities of an advocate and solicitor. This paper suggests that the term "misconduct" is extensive and complicated, and there is a dire need to include the interpretation of the term “misconduct” in section 3 of the Legal Profession Act 1976.
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