• wewbull@feddit.uk
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    3 months ago

    If they don’t defend their client to the best of their ability, they are guilty of perverting the course of justice. It’s a legal obligation.

    The reason… is everything else you wrote.

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      3 months ago

      But which law says that specifically? It’s like people say companies are legally required to make profit for shareholders but can’t ever point to any actual laws

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        3 months ago

        The CEO of a company having a fiduciary obligation to the board and a lawyer to defend their client the best they can aren’t “actual laws” where a cop will arrest you. They are rules for the job and if you are not following these rules then you will be fired/lose your license to practice law.

        That’s probably why there is no law that people point out to you. It’s a job requirement.