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    Nature of Attorney-Client Relationship

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    An attorney-client relationship involves: 1) Mutual trust and confidence between the attorney and client regardless of whether the client is private or governmental. 2) The relationship is strictly personal and cannot be delegated without client consent. 3) The client can terminate the relationship at any time. 4) The relationship is fiduciary and confidential in nature, requiring the attorney to keep the client's secrets, not abuse their confidence, and not represent adverse interests even after termination of the relationship.

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    Nature of Attorney-Client Relationship

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    An attorney-client relationship involves: 1) Mutual trust and confidence between the attorney and client regardless of whether the client is private or governmental. 2) The relationship is strictly personal and cannot be delegated without client consent. 3) The client can terminate the relationship at any time. 4) The relationship is fiduciary and confidential in nature, requiring the attorney to keep the client's secrets, not abuse their confidence, and not represent adverse interests even after termination of the relationship.

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    An attorney-client relationship involves: 1) Mutual trust and confidence between the attorney and client regardless of whether the client is private or governmental. 2) The relationship is strictly personal and cannot be delegated without client consent. 3) The client can terminate the relationship at any time. 4) The relationship is fiduciary and confidential in nature, requiring the attorney to keep the client's secrets, not abuse their confidence, and not represent adverse interests even after termination of the relationship.

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    Nature of attorney-client relationship c.

    He is to forever keep inviolate his


    1. Locatio conduction operarum (contract client’s secrets or confidence and
    of lease of services) – where one not to abuse them;
    person lets his services for d. He is not to represent a party whose
    compensation and another hires them interest is adverse to that of his
    without reference to the object which the client even after the termination of
    services are to be performed. the relation.
    2. Mandato (contact of agency) – whereby
    a friend on whom reliance could be Concept of term retainer
    places makes a contract in his name but 1. The relation of attorney and client
    gives up all that he grained by the begins from the time an attorney is
    contract to the person who requested retained.
    him. 2. Retainer – the act of a client by which
    he engages the services of an attorney
    Relation as strictly personal: to render legal advice, or to defend or
    1. It involves mutual trust and confidence prosecute his cause in court.
    of the highest degree irrespective of 3. Two concepts of retainer:
    whether the client is a private person or a. General retainer – one the purpose
    a government functionary. of which is to secure beforehand the
    2. The personal character of the relation services of an attorney for any legal
    prohibits its delegation in favour of problem that may afterward arise.
    another attorney without the client’s b. Special retainer – has reference to a
    consent. particular case or service.
    3. A client can terminate it at any time with 4. Retainer – may also refer to the fee
    or without cause. which a client pays to an attorney when
    4. Only a proper sense of vicarious the latter is retained, known as standing
    detachment will enable the attorney to fee. It is a preliminary fee paid to insure
    adequately serve the interest of his and secure his future services, to
    client and to keep his professional renumerate him for being deprived, by
    conduct within ethical bounds. For this being retained by one party, of the
    reason, it is advisable for a lawyer, who opportunity of rendering services to the
    is a party litigant, not to appear for other party and of receiving pay from
    himself not act as counsel for a close him, and the payment of such fee, in the
    relative. He can ask another lawyer who absence of an agreement to the
    can act with more detachment and with contrary, is neither made nor received in
    less emotional involvement to undertake consideration of the services
    the active prosecution. contemplated.
    5.
    Relation as fiduciary and confidential:
    1. The relation of attorney and client is
    highly fiduciary in nature and of a very
    delicate, exacting and confidential
    character.
    2. The exacting responsibilities of an
    attorney to his client should however be
    reconciled with his duties to the court of
    which he is an officer, to the bar of
    which he is a member and to the public
    of which he is very much a part.
    3. Rules protective of relation:
    a. He is to exert his best effort and
    learning in the protection of the
    interest of his client
    b. He is not to purchase or acquire any
    property or interest of his client in
    litigation

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