The Duty to Disclose Authorities

Last updated: August 28, 2007

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Law Society of Upper Canada, Rules of Professional Conduct
http://www.lsuc.on.ca/regulation/a/profconduct/rule4/

Relationship To The Administration Of Justice
4.01 THE LAWYER AS ADVOCATE
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Advocacy
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4.01 (2) When acting as an advocate, a lawyer shall not: ...

(f) knowingly misstate the contents of a document, the testimony of a witness, the substance of an argument, or the provisions of a statute or like authority;
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(h) deliberately refrain from informing the tribunal of any binding authority that the lawyer considers to be directly on point and that has not been mentioned by an opponent;
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