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Regulation of the Lawyers Council on Conduct of Lawyers B.E. 2529 (1986)
Translation
By virtue of Section 27 (3) and Section 51, and with consent of the President Extraordinary
of the Lawyers Council pursuant to Section 28 of the Lawyers Act B.E. 2528 (1985), the
Council of the Lawyers Council issues the regulation on conduct of lawyers as follows:
Chapter 1
General Principles
Clause 1
This regulation shall be called "Regulation of the Lawyers Council on Conduct of Lawyers
B.E. 2529 (1986)".
Clause 2
This regulation shall come into force from the date following the date of its publication in
the Government Gazette.
Clause 3
The provisions on conduct of lawyers and lawyers' attire under the Regulation of the Bar
Association and under other laws applicable before this regulation comes into force shall be
repealed.
Clause 4
Any lawyer who violates or fails to comply with any provision of the regulation as specified
below shall be deemed to become in violation of the conduct of lawyers.
Chapter 2
Conduct toward and in Courts
Clause 5
A lawyer shall not refuse to assume an assignment to act as a defense lawyer as requested
by the Court, except where he has reasonable excuse.
Clause 6
A lawyer shall not fail to pay due respect to the Court or commit any act of contempt
toward the Court or the judge in or outside the Court that constitutes an impairment to the
Court's or the judge's jurisdiction.
Clause 7
A lawyer shall not assert or produce a document or evidence that is false or by trickery
mislead the Court or commit any act so as to have knowledge of the Court's order or
decision that has not been made public.
Clause 8
A lawyer shall not collude, either directly or indirectly, in producing false evidence or
prompt a witness to give false evidence or conceal or hide any evidence that should have
been brought before the Court or promise to bribe a public officer or collude in bribing a
public officer.
Chapter 3
Conduct toward Clients
Clause 9
A lawyer shall not commit any act that constitutes an instigation to litigate a groundless
case.
Clause 10
A lawyer shall not, by any of the following trickeries, induce any person to entrust him to
represent such person in court:
(1) Deceiving to make such person believe that he will win the case, while the
lawyer believes that he will lose the case;
(2) Boasting that he is more knowledgeable than other lawyers;
(3) Boasting in a way that he is well associated with any specific person so as to
induce the first person to believe that the lawyer can provide special benefits
other than those derived through the conducting of the case, or deceiving that
the lawyer will induce such specific person to provide any support for the case in
any way, or falsely claiming and threatening that if the lawyer is not given the
case he will do something to induce such specific person to cause the case to be
lost.
Clause 11
A lawyer shall not disclose confidential information of the client that comes into his
knowledge on the course of performing his duties as a lawyer, except where the client's
consent has been obtained or it is made under the Court's order.
Clause 12
A lawyer shall not do any of the following acts, which is likely to be prejudicial to the
client's interest:
(1) Willful defaulting of appearance or abandoning the case;
(2) Willful omission of performing duties that should have been done in connection
with the case of the client, or withholding any information that should have been
disclosed to the client.
Clause 13
A lawyer shall not, upon having given advice to or becoming aware of any accounts of the
case on the course of performing duties relating to one party, become a lawyer for or use
the knowledge so obtained to assist the counter-party in the same case.
Clause 14
A lawyer shall not, upon having accepted to act as the lawyer for the case, use any trickery
in any way without reasonable ground so as to obtain any benefit other than what has
been agreed by the client to give.
Clause 15
A lawyer shall not do any act which constitutes a cheating, misappropriation or
embezzlement, or take possession or detain money or property of the client acquired by
him in the course of performing relevant duties for unreasonably long period without
permission of the client, except where there are reasonable grounds.
Chapter 4
Conduct towards Lawyers, Suitors and Others
Clause 16
A lawyer shall not take away or do anything in a bidding manner with regard to a case for
which another lawyer is representing, or accept or promise to represent a case while he
knows that another lawyer is representing such case, except where:
(1) A permission has been obtained from the lawyer representing the case;
(2) There are reasonable grounds to believe that the client has revoked the
retention of the previous lawyer from repres