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Legal Ethics and Professionalism Legal Ethics and Professionalism This page was generated automatically upon download from the Globethics.net Library. More information on Globethics.net see https://www.globethics.net. Data and content policy of Globethics.net Library repository see https:// repository.globethics.net/pages/policy Item Type Book Authors Dennison, D. Brian; Tibihikirra-Kalyegira, Pamela Publisher Globethics.net Rights Creative Commons Copyright (CC 2.5) Download date 25/09/2021 06:56:33 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/215288 2 ISBN 978-2-88931-010-4 Law African African Law 2 Legal Ethics and Professionalism A Handbook for Uganda Legal Ethics and Professionalism The Editors D. Brian Dennison is the Acting Dean of the Faculty of Law at Editors Uganda Christian University. Before joining Uganda Christian University in 2008, Brian practiced law in the United States for D. Brian Dennison / nine years. Brian holds a Bachelor in English, a Masters in Business Administration and a Juris Doctorate in Law from the University of Georgia. He is presently pursuing a PhD from the University of Pamela Tibihikirra-Kalyegira Cape Town in Private Law. Pamela Tibihikirra-Kalyegira is the Director of Quality Assur- Legal Ethics ance & Accreditation at Uganda’s National Council of Higher Edu- cation. Previously, Pamela served as the Dean of the Faculty of Law at Uganda Christian University from 2009 to 2014. Pamela holds a and Professionalism Bachelor in Law from Makerere University, a Diploma in Legal Prac- tice from Law Development Centre (Uganda), a Master of Laws Tibihikirra-Kalyegira Pamela Dennison/ Brian D. A Handbook for Uganda from the London School of Economics and a Doctor of Juridical Science from the Indiana University School of Law. Legal ethics and professionalism are at the core cate-client relationship to judicial ethics. of legal practice. Advocates must know the The contributing authors come from all walks of requirements of the profession. In addition, being an legal life. From professors to judges, from private ethical and professional advocate is about more practitioners to prosecutors. The perspectives of than following rules. The ethical path a lawyer the authors cut across a wide range of experiences. chooses defines their career and identity. These authors do more than state the law. The This book is written with both the law student and authors raise cutting edge issues and look forward the legal practitioner in mind. It offers a series of to future challenges. The end result is an invaluable topical chapters addressing matters essential to resource to present and future members of the professional advocacy. Topics range from the advo- Ugandan Bar. Globethics.net Legal Ethics and Professionalism A Handbook for Uganda Legal Ethics and Professionalism A Handbook for Uganda D. Brian Dennison / Pamela Tibihikirra-Kalyegira (Editors) Globethics.net African Law No. 2 Globethics.net African Law Series editor: Christoph Stückelberger. Founder and Executive Director of Globethics.net and Professor of Ethics, University of Basel Globethics.net African Law 2 D. Brian Dennison / Pamela Tibihikirra-Kalyegira (eds.), Legal Ethics and Professionalism. A Handbook for Uganda Geneva: Globethics.net, 2014 ISBN 978-2-88931-010-4 (online version) ISBN 978-2-88931-011-1 (print version) © 2014 Globethics.net Managing Editor: Ignace Haaz Globethics.net International Secretariat 150 route de Ferney 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland Website: www.globethics.net Email: [email protected] All web links in this text have been verified as of October 2014. This book can be downloaded for free from the Globethics.net Library, the leading global online library on ethics: www.globethics.net. © The Copyright is the Creative Commons Copyright 2.5. 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Table of Contents Preface ........................................................................................ 11 Benjamin J Odoki Editors’ Introduction ................................................................ 21 1 Ethics: The Heart and Soul of the Legal Profession .......... 23 James Munange Ogoola 1.1 Introduction ........................................................................ 23 1.2 Definition of Ethics ........................................................... 29 1.3 Sources of Ethics ............................................................... 31 1.4 The Challenge and Importance of Legal Ethics ............ 32 1.5 Ethical Violations in Need of Stigma ............................. 43 1.6 The Way Ahead ................................................................. 49 1.7 Conclusion .......................................................................... 50 2 Duties of the Ugandan Advocate .......................................... 53 Winifred Tarinyeba Kiryabwire 2.1 Introduction ........................................................................ 53 2.1 Duties to the client ............................................................ 54 2.3 Duties to the court ............................................................. 57 2.4 Duties to opposing counsel .............................................. 59 2.5 Duty to opposing party ..................................................... 60 2.6 Duty to the community/nation ......................................... 61 2.7 Hierarchy of duties ............................................................ 63 2.8 Duty to yourself? ............................................................... 66 3 The Advocate-Client Relationship in Uganda .....................69 D. Brian Dennison and Winifred Tarinyeba Kiryabwire 3.1 Introduction ........................................................................ 69 3.2 Client Centred Practice ..................................................... 70 3.3 Duties of Good Practice ................................................... 75 3.4 Duty of Competent Representation ................................ 79 3.5 Duties of Decorum ............................................................ 84 3.6 Conflicts of Interest .......................................................... 86 3.7 Initiating Client Relationships ......................................... 90 3.8 Terminating Advocate-Client Relationships ................. 92 3.9 Duties to Vulnerable Clients ........................................... 94 3.10 Duties owed to Clients in the Corporate Context ....... 95 3.11 The Special Role and Duties of the Prosecutor and Government Lawyers ...................................................... 96 4 Confidentiality and Privilege in the Ugandan Legal Profession .....................................................................99 Patson Wilbroad Arinaitwe 4.1 Introduction ........................................................................ 99 4.2 Confidentiality ................................................................. 101 4.3 Legal Professional Privileges ........................................ 108 4.4 Issues of Agency and Context ....................................... 127 4.5 Challenges to Privilege and Confidentiality ................ 132 4.6 Conclusion ....................................................................... 135 5 Advocates and Money in Uganda ...................................... 137 Samuel Kiriaghe 5.1 Introduction ...................................................................... 137 5.2 Legal Practice as a Path to Riches ................................ 137 5.3 Financial Pressures on the Legal Practitioner ............. 140 5.4 Viewing Clients as Economic Opportunities .............. 141 5.5 Real Wealth ...................................................................... 142 5.4 Fees for Legal Services .................................................. 144 5.5 Fiduciary Responsibilities Regarding Fund Management ........................................................................... 152 5.6 Peripheral Transactions Involving Advocates and Clients ..................................................................................... 157 5.7 Conclusion ........................................................................ 160 6 Admission to Legal Practice, the Unauthorised Practice of Law and Legal Specialisation in Uganda ....... 161 D. Brian Dennison 6.1 Introduction ...................................................................... 161 6.2 Admission to Legal Practice .......................................... 162 6.3 The Unauthorised Practice of Law ............................... 175 6.4 Specialisation ................................................................... 180 7 Communications and Marketing by Advocates in Uganda ..................................................... 185 Hope Atuhairwe 7.1 Introduction ...................................................................... 185 7.2 Communication ............................................................... 186 7.3 Advertising ......................................................................
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