California courts have held that an attorney-client relationship can only be created by contract.
Preman, 911 S.W. 2d 288, 301 (Mo. App. 1995) ("The relation between attorney and client is fiduciary and binds the attorney to a scrupulous fidelity to the cause of the client which precludes the attorney from any personal advantage from the abuse of that reposed confidence. . . .
Duty of Honesty: Advocates must provide honest and accurate advice to their clients, even if it may not be what the client wants to hear. Duty of Zeal: Advocates must advocate zealously on behalf of their clients within the bounds of the law.
In general principle, the relationship of lawyer and client is contractual. . . . It is also a relation of agency, and its general contours are governed by the same rules. . . . It is, nevertheless, distinguished from other types of agency by its highly fiduciary quality and by the limit of its scope . . . .
The client-agency relationship is when a client appoints an advertising agency for making his ad. It continues till the ad agency provides satisfactory services to him. Such a relationship should always be cordial. There should be mutual trust, confidence, and understanding between the two parties.
Don't know? - The relationship between a lawyer and client is contractual.
Client privilege The Advocate has a duty to keep confidential the information received from and advice given to the client. Unauthorised disclosure of client confidential information is professional misconduct.
Attorney-client privilege protects communications between in-house or external counsel and their clients that are (i) intended to be confidential and (ii) made for the purpose of seeking or obtaining legal assistance or advice. Generally, employees who engage and direct the lawyer are part of the client group.
The Law Society of Kenya has a web page ( ) where you check whether your advocate is duly admitted and has taken an annual Practicing Certificate.
Client privilege The Advocate has a duty to keep confidential the information received from and advice given to the client. Unauthorised disclosure of client confidential information is professional misconduct.