When a barrister had accepted a brief, the duty to appear on a fixed date hearing could only be set aside by conflict with another professional duty. Counsel, who were also Members of Parliament, attending at votes in the House of Commons were not, in that act, attending to such a professional duty, and so breached the Code if they failed to attend at court.
Citations:
Times 20-Aug-1999
Statutes:
Code of Conduct of the Bar of England and Wales 1990
Legal Professions
Updated: 08 April 2022; Ref: scu.81348
