Code of Professional Conduct

ABBREVIATIONS

Short-form references to Canons, Codes, Rulings and particular writings are as follows:

Alta

Rulings of the Benchers of the Law Society of Alberta, contained in the Professional Conduct Handbook published by that Society at Calgary in 1968, as amended.

ABA

Code of Professional Responsibility of the American Bar Association (Chicago), adopted with effect from January 1, 1970. The ABA is divided into Canons, Ethical Consideraions (ECs) and Disciplinary Rules (DRs).

ABA-MR

Model Rules of Professional Conduct of the American Bar Association, adopted August 2, 1983.

Bennion

F.A.R., Professional Ethics, The Consultation Professions and Their Code (London: Charles Knight, 1969).

B.C.

Rulings of the Benchers of the Law Society of British Columbia contained in the Professional Conduct Handbook published by that Society at Vancouver in 1970, as amended.

CBA

Canons of Legal Ethics of the Canadian Bar Association adopted in 1920.

CBA-COD

Code of Professional Conduct of the Canadian Bar Associa-tion adopted in 1974.

IBA

Professional Ethics, by Sir Thomas Lund, being Book II of the International Bar Association (London: Sweet & Maxwell). IBA includes as an Appendix the "International Code of Ethics" of the International Bar Association adopted in 1956, as amended.

N.B.

Rules of the Barristers' Society of New Brunswick contained in the Professional Conduct Handbook published by that Society at Fredericton in 1971, as amended.

Ont.

Rules of Professional Con-duct of the Law Society of Upper Canada contained in the Professional Conduct Handbook published by that Society at Toronto in 1987, as amended.

Orkin

M.M., Legal Ethics: A Study of Professional Conduct (Toronto: Cartwright & Jane, 1957).

Que.

Code of Advocates, An Act respecting the Barreau du Québec, R.S.Q. c. B-1, s. 15.

Sask.

Canons of Legal Ethics and Etiquette of the Law Society of Saskatchewan, published by the Benchers of that Society at Regina in 1962, as amended.
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