Legal Ethics: the Legal Practitioners Act and the Code of Conduct
A class exercise for the Law School's ethics course: find the ethical values in the Legal Practitioners Act and in each rule of the Code of Conduct.
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Transcribed from handwritten class notes. Spelling is tidied, but the topics and their order are as given in class. Links point to the Acts and Lanbuk notes that cover a topic; they are study aids, not part of the course. Check with your lecturer for the current outline.
Exercise 1: ethical values in the Legal Practitioners Act
- Go through all of the Legal Practitioners Act and identify all the ethical values in it.
- Give the rule, and write the value only.
- If a rule is phrased negatively, state the value positively.
On Lanbuk:Legal Practitioners Act, 2000Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Act, 2004Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Act, 2005Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Act, 2015
Exercise 2: values in the Code of Conduct
- Go through the Code of Conduct and identify each rule.
- Identify any value in those rules.
- Submit it for review.
Read on Lanbuk
- Legal Practitioners Act, 2000
- Legal Practitioners (Code of Conduct) Rules, 2010
- Legal Practitioners (Pupillage) Regulations, 2021
- How to check someone is a lawyer
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Lanbuk. (2026, November 8). Legal Ethics: the Legal Practitioners Act and the Code of Conduct: Law School exercise. Retrieved November 10, 2026, from https://www.lanbuk.com/law-school/legal-ethics