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Section 1. Who may practice law. — Any person heretofore duly admitted as a member of the bar, or
hereafter admitted as such in accordance with the provisions of this rule, and who is in good and
regular standing, is entitled to practice law.

Section 34. By whom litigation conducted. — In the court of a justice of the peace a party may conduct
his litigation in person, with the aid of an agent or friend appointed by him for the purpose, or with the
aid an attorney. In any other court, a party may conduct his litigation personally or by aid of an
attorney, and his appearance must be either personal or by a duly authorized member of the bar.

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Section 20. Duties of attorneys. — It is the duty of an attorney:
(d) To employ, for the purpose of maintaining the causes confided to him, such means only as
are consistent with truth and honor, and never seek to mislead the judge or any judicial officer
by an artifice or false statement of fact or law;

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Section 6. The Supreme Court shall have administrative supervision over all courts and the personnel
thereof.

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Section 6. The liberty of abode and of changing the same within the limits prescribed by law shall not
be impaired except upon lawful order of the court. Neither shall the right to travel be impaired except
in the interest of national security, public safety, or public health, as may be provided by law.

Section 20. Duties of attorneys. — It is the duty of an attorney:

(g) Not to encourage either the commencement or the continuance of an action or proceeding,
or delay any man's cause, from any corrupt motive or interest;

Section 5. Certification against forum shopping. — The plaintiff or principal party shall certify under
oath in the complaint or other initiatory pleading asserting a claim for relief, or in a sworn certification
annexed thereto and simultaneously filed therewith: (a) that he has not theretofore commenced any
action or filed any claim involving the same issues in any court, tribunal or quasi-judicial agency and,
to the best of his knowledge, no such other action or claim is pending therein; (b) if there is such other
pending action or claim, a complete statement of the present status thereof; and (c) if he should
thereafter learn that the same or similar action or claim has been filed or is pending, he shall report that
fact within five (5) days therefrom to the court wherein his aforesaid complaint or initiatory pleading
has been filed.
Failure to comply with the foregoing requirements shall not be curable by mere amendment of the
complaint or other initiatory pleading but shall be cause for the dismissal of the case without prejudice,
unless otherwise provided, upon motion and after hearing. The submission of a false certification or
non-compliance with any of the undertakings therein shall constitute indirect contempt of court,
without prejudice to the corresponding administrative and criminal actions. If the acts of the party or
his counsel clearly constitute willful and deliberate forum shopping, the same shall be ground for
summary dismissal with prejudice and shall constitute direct contempt, as well as a cause for
administrative sanctions. (n)

Art. 184. Offering false testimony in evidence. — Any person who shall knowingly offer in
evidence a false witness or testimony in any judicial or official proceeding, shall be punished as
guilty of false testimony and shall suffer the respective penalties provided in this
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Section 3. Rights and obligations of a witness. — A witness must answer questions, although his
answer may tend to establish a claim against him. However, it is the right of a witness:
(1) To be protected from irrelevant, improper, or insulting questions, and from harsh or insulting
demeanor;
(2) Not to be detained longer than the interests of justice require;
(3) Not to be examined except only as to matters pertinent to the issue;
(4) Not to give an answer which will tend to subject him to a penalty for an offense unless
otherwise provided by law; or
(5) Not to give an answer which will tend to degrade his reputation, unless it to be the very fact
at issue or to a fact from which the fact in issue would be presumed. But a witness must answer
to the fact of his previous final conviction for an offense. (3a, 19a)

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Section 20. Duties of attorneys. — It is the duty of an attorney:
(i) In the defense of a person accused of crime, by all fair and honorable means, regardless of
his personal opinion as to the guilt of the accused, to present every defense that the law permits,
to the end that no person may be deprived of life or liberty, but by due process of law.
(h) Never to reject, for any consideration personal to himself, the cause of the defenseless or
oppressed;
Section 31. Attorneys for destitute litigants. — A court may assign an attorney to render professional
aid free of charge to any party in a case, if upon investigation it appears that the party is destitute and
unable to employ an attorney, and that the services of counsel are necessary to secure the ends of
justice and to protect the rights of the party. It shall be the duty of the attorney so assigned to render the
required service, unless he is excused therefrom by the court for sufficient cause shown.

Rule 2.02. In such cases, even if the lawyer does not accept a case, he shall not refuse to render legal
advice to the person concerned if only to the extent necessary to safeguard the latter's rights.

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MALFEASANCE AND MISFEASANCE IN OFFICE
Art. 204. Knowingly rendering unjust judgment. — Any judge who shall knowingly render an unjust
judgment in any case submitted to him for decision, shall be punished by prision mayor and perpetual
absolute disqualification.
Section 24. Disqualification by reason of privileged communication. — The following persons cannot
testify as to matters learned in confidence in the following cases:
(b) An attorney cannot, without the consent of his client, be examined as to any communication
made by the client to him, or his advice given thereon in the course of, or with a view to,
professional employment, nor can an attorney's secretary, stenographer, or clerk be examined,
without the consent of the client and his employer, concerning any fact the knowledge of which
has been acquired in such capacity;

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Privileged communication is an interaction between two parties in which the law recognizes a private,
protected relationship. Whatever is communicated between these pairs of parties shall remain
confidential, and the law cannot force disclosure of these communications.
A privilege is a legal rule that protects communications within certain relationships from
compelled disclosure in a court proceeding. One such privilege, which is of long
standing and applicable in all legal settings, is the attorney-client privilege.
Communications between an attorney and a client that were made for the purpose of
obtaining legal advice may not be disclosed unless the client consents to the disclosure.
Connecticut has numerous other privileges that have been created by statutes. While
some of these statutes use the terms "privileged" and "confidential" interchangeably,
they all protect communications made in confidence in the context of the professional
relationship. They vary in their protections depending on the needs of the particular
relationship.
Like other confidentiality statutes, the privilege statutes grant control over the release of
the information to the individual and also define circumstances under which the
information may be released without the consent of the individual. A requirement of all
privileges is that the communication must have been intended to be confidential at the
time it was made, so that any conversation that takes place in the presence of other
parties will not be privileged.
The following provides a brief discussion of the statutory privileges most relevant to
juvenile court proceedings and the commonly encountered exceptions for the privileged
communications. Courts will interpret exceptions very narrowly and allow disclosure
without consent only if the situation fits squarely within one of the enumerated
exceptions in each statute. For a complete list of exceptions, refer to the statute.

CHAMPERTOUS CONTRACT
- A champertous contract is defined as a contract between a stranger and a party to a lawsuit,
whereby the stranger pursues the partys claim in consideration of receiving part or any of the
proceeds recovered under the judgment; a bargain by a stranger with a party to a suit, by which
such third person undertakes to carry on the litigation at his own cost and risk, in consideration
of receiving, if successful, a part of the proceeds or subject sought to be recovered.
- An Agreement whereby the attorney agrees to pay expenses of proceedings to enforce the
clients rights is champertous.Such agreements are against public policy especially where as in
this case, the attorney has agreed to carry on the action at its own expense in consideration of
some bargain to have part of the thing in dispute.
- The execution of these contracts violates the fiduciary relationship between the lawyer and his
client, for which the former must incur administrative sanction.

CONTINGENCY FEE
- In the law, it is defined as a "fee charged for a lawyer's services only if the lawsuit is
successful or is favorably settled out of court.... Contingent fees are usually calculated as a
percentage of the client's net recovery.
- The usual form of this agreement is that the solicitor will take a law case on the understanding
that if lost, no payment is made.
- However, if the case is won, the lawyer will be entitled to the normal fee based on hourly billing, plus
a success fee.

Section 37. Attorneys' liens. — An attorney shall have a lien upon the funds, documents and papers of
his client which have lawfully come into his possession and may retain the same until his lawful fees
and disbursements have been paid, and may apply such funds to the satisfaction thereof. He shall also
have a lien to the same extent upon all judgments for the payment of money, and executions issued in
pursuance of such judgments, which he has secured in a litigation of his client, from and after the time
when he shall have the caused a statement of his claim of such lien to be entered upon the records of
the court rendering such judgment, or issuing such execution, and shall have the caused written notice
thereof to be delivered to his client and to the adverse paty; and he shall have the same right and power
over such judgments and executions as his client would have to enforce his lien and secure the payment
of his just fees and disbursements.
RETAINING LIEN
- The retaining lien is the right of the attorney to retain the funds, documents, and papers of his client
which have lawfully come into his possession until his lawful fees and disbursements have been paid
and to apply such funds to the satisfaction thereof.
CHARGING LIEN
- The charging lien is the right which the attorney has upon all judgments for the payment of money,
and executions issued in pursuance of said judgments, which he has secured in litigation of his client
Under this rule, this lien, whether retaining or charging, takes legal effect only from and after,
but not before, notice of said lien has been entered in the record and served on the adverse party

AMICUS CURIAE
- He is an experiences and impatial attorney invited by the court to appear and help in the disposition of
the issues submitted to it. It implies the friendly intervention of counsel to call the attention of the
copurt to some matters of law or facts which might otherwise escape its notice, and in regard to which
it might go wrong.
- A friend of the court. It is usually someone whi is alloweed to introduce argument, authority or
evidence upon some matter of law about which ther court is doubtful or mistaken.