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  2. Duty of candour - Wikipedia

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    In UK public law, the duty of candour is the duty imposed on a public authority "not to seek to win [a] litigation at all costs but to assist the court in reaching the correct result and thereby to improve standards in public administration." [1] Lord Donaldson MR in R v Lancashire County Council ex p.

  3. Legal ethics - Wikipedia

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    Respect of client confidence, candor toward the tribunal, truthfulness in statements to others, and professional independence are some of the defining features of legal ethics. The Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) is used to measure examinees' knowledge and understanding of established standards related to the ...

  4. American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct

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    2.1: Attorney's role as a candid advisor on topics within and outside of the law. [15] 3 Advocate 3.3: Duty of Candor in communications with a court. [16] 3.4: Responsibility for cooperation and fair dealing with other parties and attorneys. [17] 3.8: Special Responsibilities of a Prosecutor. [18] 4 Transactions with Persons Other Than Clients

  5. Adverse authority - Wikipedia

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    Adverse authority or adverse controlling authority, in United States law, is some controlling authority based on a legal decision and opposed to the position of an attorney in a case before the court. The attorney is under an ethical obligation to disclose that legal decision, which is an adverse authority, to the court.

  6. Candor - Wikipedia

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    Candor or candour may refer to: Candor or parrhesia, the quality of speaking candidly in rhetoric; Candour, a British far-right magazine "Candour", a song by Neck Deep from their 2014 album Wishful Thinking; Duty of candour, a concept in British law; Candor, a 2009 speculative fiction novel by Pam Bachorz

  7. Tribunal - Wikipedia

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    The National Company Law Tribunal is a quasi-judicial body in India that adjudicates issues relating to Indian companies. National Company Law Appellate Tribunal was constituted under Section 410 of the Companies Act, 2013, for hearing appeals against National Company Law Tribunal orders, effective 1 June 2016.

  8. Ex aequo et bono - Wikipedia

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    Ex aequo et bono (Latin for "according to the right and good" or "from equity and conscience") is a Latin phrase that is used as a legal term of art.In the context of arbitration, it refers to the power of arbitrators to dispense with application of the law, if appropriate, and decide solely on what they consider to be fair and equitable in the case at hand. [1]

  9. Federal tribunals in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Article III courts (also called Article III tribunals) are the U.S. Supreme Court and the inferior courts of the United States established by Congress, which currently are the 13 United States courts of appeals, the 91 United States district courts (including the districts of D.C. and Puerto Rico, but excluding the territorial district courts of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the ...