Ask Question
23 January, 02:12

Paralegal Sam carelessly performs legal research by failing to update a court's decision to find out if the state court of appeals or state supreme court reversed the decision that he found. This is an example of a breach of which ethical rules?

+5
Answers (1)
  1. 23 January, 05:13
    0
    Answer: Competence and Diligence

    Explanation:

    Competence: It's expected of a lawyer to provide competent representation to a client.

    Diligence: It's required of a lawyer to act with reasonable diligence and promptness when representing a client.

    What Competence represents here is having the required legal knowledge, skill, thoroughness and preparation required to represent a client. And diligence is carrying out a proper and detailed research while representing the client.
Know the Answer?
Not Sure About the Answer?
Get an answer to your question ✅ “Paralegal Sam carelessly performs legal research by failing to update a court's decision to find out if the state court of appeals or state ...” in 📙 Law if there is no answer or all answers are wrong, use a search bar and try to find the answer among similar questions.
Search for Other Answers