 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1913 - 1172 pages
...is not excusable on the ground that it is what the client would say if speaking in his own behalf. 19. Appearance of Lawyer as Witness for His Client. — When a lawyer is witness for his client, except as to merely formal matters, such as the attestation or custody of an... | |
 | George Purcell Costigan - Legal ethics - 1917 - 656 pages
...1868 Ed. of Dacon'i Ettays, pp. 556, 557. (Q The Lawyer as a Witness in his Client's Caust ABA CANON. 19. APPEARANCE OF LAWYER AS WITNESS FOR His CLIENT....like, he should leave the trial of the case to other counsel. Except when essential to the ends of justice, a lawyer should avoid testifying in Court in... | |
 | Law - 1920 - 1082 pages
...reputation for generous treatment of the unfortunate. (11) " He should not appear as witness for his own client except as to merely formal matters, such as the attestation or custody of an instrument, or the like, or when it is essential to the ends of Justice. If he la a necessary witness with respect... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1922 - 336 pages
...is not excusable on the ground that it is what the client would say if speaking in his own behalf. 19. Appearance of Lawyer as Witness for His Client....like, he should leave the trial of the case to other counsel. Except when essential to the ends of justice, a lawyer should avoid testifying in Court in... | |
 | Maryland State Bar Association - 1922 - 260 pages
...not excusable on the ground that it is what the client would say if speaking in his own behalf. 18. Appearance of Lawyer as Witness for His Client. When...the like, he should leave the trial of the case to ether counsel. Except when essential to the ends of justice, a lawyer should avoid testifying in Court... | |
 | American Academy of Political and Social Science - Federal Reserve banks - 1922 - 828 pages
...is what the client would say if speaking in his own behalf. 19. Appearance of Lawyer as Witness far His Client. When a lawyer is a witness for his client,...like, he should leave the trial of the case to other counsel. Except when essential to the ends of justice, a lawyer should avoid testifying in Court in... | |
 | Bar associations - 1927 - 824 pages
...Canadian Bar Association (1918):— 19. Appearance of Lawyer as Witness for His Client.—When a lawyer is witness for his client, except as to merely formal...like, he should leave the trial of the case to other counsel. Except when essential to the ends of justice, a lawyer should avoid testifying in Court in... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1923 - 1086 pages
...Appearance of Lawyer as Witness for His Client. — When a lawyer is witness for his client, excrpt as to merely formal matters, such as the attestation...like, he should leave the trial of the case to other counsel. Except when essential to the ends of justice, a lawyer should avoid testifying in Court in... | |
 | Edgar Laing Heermance - Business ethics - 1924 - 590 pages
...is not excusable on the ground that it is what the client would say if speaking in his own behalf. 19. Appearance of Lawyer as Witness for His Client....like, he should leave the trial of the case to other counsel. Except when essential to the ends of justice, a lawyer should avoid testifying in Court in... | |
 | Canadian Bar Association - Law - 1920 - 396 pages
...poverty may require a less charge or even none at all. (11) He should not appear as witness for his own client except as to merely formal matters, such as the attestation or custody of an instrument, or the like, or when it is essential to the ends of justice. If he is a necessary witness with respect... | |
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When a lawyer is a witness for his client, except as to merely formal matters, such as the attestation or custody of an instrument and the like, he should leave the trial of the case to other counsel. Except when essential to the ends of justice, a lawyer... 
