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LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW AUSTRALIAN SOLICITORS' CONDUCT RULES 2015 - REG 24
Integrity of evidence--influencing evidence
24 Integrity of evidence--influencing evidence
24.1 A solicitor must not: 24.1.1 advise or suggest to a witness that false or
misleading evidence should be given nor condone another person doing so, or
24.1.2 coach a witness by advising what answers the witness should give to
questions which might be asked.
24.2 A solicitor will not have breached Rules
24.1 by: 24.2.1 expressing a general admonition to tell the truth,
24.2.2
questioning and testing in conference the version of evidence to be given by a
prospective witness, or
24.2.3 drawing the witness's attention to
inconsistencies or other difficulties with the evidence, but the solicitor
must not encourage the witness to give evidence different from the evidence
which the witness believes to be true.
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