The Criminal Law Journal of India Journal November 15 & 30 1908

The following canons of ethics are adopted by the American Bar Association as a general guide yet the enumeration of particular duties should not be construed as a denial of the existence of others equally imperative though not specifically mentioned: 1. The Duty of Lawyer to the Courts.—It is the duty of the lawyer to maintain towards the Courts a respectful attitude not for the sake of the t [...] In determining the amount of the fee itiis proper to considei 1) the time and labor required the noulty and difficulty of the quetions involved and the skill requisite properly to conduct the cause ; 2) whether the acceptance of employment in the particular case will preclude the lawyer's appearance for others in cases likely to arise out of the transaction and in swhich there is a reasonabl [...] 53 business while employed in the Articular case or antagonisms with other clients ; 3) the customary charges of the Bar for similar sevices; 4) the amount involved in the controversy and the benefits resulting to the client from the services ; 5) the contingency or the certainty of the compensation ; and 6) the character of tlfb emploment whether casual or for an established and constant c [...] At lutist therefore look beyond the narrow limits of selaggradizetnent and consider the consequences and results of the *Tres worklnor4er to discover the real scope of his missidif; and and moral efitets of the #41Spial Otintrtetersies through the lawyer at the bar and eiioh extend to the very confines of civilized life. [...] A mass of legal principles as varied multitudinous and uncertain as all the conditions of hutian life scattered and buried in the vast volumes of text-books and decisions Ivhich are the accumulations of the 'Agee and often.104 boyti41010 0 1.1441* the twit ilielthrisk:Iiii;11;"ifiiiiiiti4 :Viidliilinvereii jewels to tempt the industry and the genius of the lawyer and the ever changing and be