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CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
Rule 221 (s. 6(8), Legal Profession Act)
All members shall conduct their practice in accordance with:
(a) the Yukon Code of Professional Conduct as amended from time to time; and
(b) the Code of Conduct adopted by the Canadian Bar Association, as amended from time to time, where it is not inconsistent with the Yukon Code of Professional Conduct.
YUKON CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
PART FIVE
LAWYERS GENERALLY
- All lawyers shall promptly meet their financial obligations in relation to their practice such as debts incurred to sheriffs, Court Reporters, Courts, physicians who supply medical reports, other public officials and other lawyers.
- No lawyer shall swear Affidavits or take Statutory Declarations unless the deponent or declarant has actually appeared before the lawyer personally, acknowledged his or her signature on the document and sworn or declared in the presence of the lawyer.
- Any lawyer holding himself or herself out as practicing in partnership or association with one or more lawyers shall be deemed to have the same professional responsibilities to the general public, other members of the profession and to The Law Society, for the actions of any lawyer or lawyers with whom he or she is apparently in partnership or association, as he or she would have if he or she was carrying on business with such lawyer or lawyers in a partnership.