New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW AUSTRALIAN SOLICITORS' CONDUCT RULES 2015 - REG 25

25 Integrity of evidence--two witnesses together

25.1 A solicitor must not confer with, or condone another solicitor conferring with, more than one lay witness (including a party or client) at the same time:

25.1.1 about any issue which there are reasonable grounds for the solicitor to believe may be contentious at a hearing, and

25.1.2 where such conferral could affect evidence to be given by any of those witnesses,

unless the solicitor believes on reasonable grounds that special circumstances require such a conference.

25.2 A solicitor will not have breached Rule 25.1 by conferring with, or condoning another solicitor conferring with, more than one client about undertakings to a court, admissions or concessions of fact, amendments of pleadings or compromise.