LJU4802 ASSIGNMENT 2 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANNSWERS) Q&A
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1. What is the primary focus of legal ethics?
A. Increasing the income of lawyers
B. Regulating ethical standards and professional conduct
C. Eliminating all court proceedings
D. Replacing legislation
Correct answer: B. Regulating ethical standards and
professional conduct.
Rationale: Legal ethics establishes standards governing how
legal practitioners should conduct themselves professionally
and ethically.
2. Legal ethics may broadly be understood as dealing with:
A. Only criminal law
B. Only civil procedure
C. Moral and professional standards applicable to legal practice
D. Only court administration
Correct answer: C. Moral and professional standards applicable
to legal practice.
,Rationale: Legal ethics considers both moral principles and
professional obligations associated with legal practice.
3. Which legislation currently provides the principal statutory
framework for legal practitioners in South Africa?
A. Attorneys Act 53 of 1979
B. Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014
C. Companies Act 71 of 2008
D. Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977
Correct answer: B. Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014.
Rationale: The Legal Practice Act provides the modern
statutory framework regulating the legal profession.
4. The Legal Practice Act primarily aims to:
A. Abolish the legal profession
B. Regulate legal practitioners and promote accountable
professional conduct
C. Eliminate professional rules
D. Replace the Constitution
Correct answer: B. Regulate legal practitioners and promote
accountable professional conduct.
Rationale: The Act establishes a framework for regulating legal
practitioners and professional standards.
,5. Which body is central to the regulation of legal practitioners
under the Legal Practice Act?
A. South African Revenue Service
B. Legal Practice Council
C. Reserve Bank
D. Electoral Commission
Correct answer: B. Legal Practice Council.
Rationale: The Legal Practice Council is responsible for
regulating the legal profession within the statutory framework.
6. A professional code of conduct primarily seeks to:
A. Encourage unethical competition
B. Establish standards of professional behaviour
C. Remove lawyers' duties to clients
D. Prevent access to courts
Correct answer: B. Establish standards of professional
behaviour.
Rationale: Codes of conduct guide practitioners in meeting
their professional and ethical responsibilities.
7. Which of the following is a fundamental professional
obligation of a legal practitioner?
, A. Acting dishonestly when beneficial
B. Acting in the client's best interests within the law
C. Ignoring conflicts of interest
D. Disclosing all client information publicly
Correct answer: B. Acting in the client's best interests within the
law.
Rationale: A practitioner must protect the client's legitimate
interests while complying with legal and ethical obligations.
8. The duty of confidentiality generally requires a legal
practitioner to:
A. Disclose all client information
B. Protect confidential client information
C. Publish client correspondence
D. Share information with competitors
Correct answer: B. Protect confidential client information.
Rationale: Confidentiality is a fundamental feature of the
lawyer-client relationship.
9. Does the duty of confidentiality automatically end when
the attorney-client relationship ends?
A. Yes
B. No
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANNSWERS) Q&A
2027 |INSTANT DOWNLOAD PDF
1. What is the primary focus of legal ethics?
A. Increasing the income of lawyers
B. Regulating ethical standards and professional conduct
C. Eliminating all court proceedings
D. Replacing legislation
Correct answer: B. Regulating ethical standards and
professional conduct.
Rationale: Legal ethics establishes standards governing how
legal practitioners should conduct themselves professionally
and ethically.
2. Legal ethics may broadly be understood as dealing with:
A. Only criminal law
B. Only civil procedure
C. Moral and professional standards applicable to legal practice
D. Only court administration
Correct answer: C. Moral and professional standards applicable
to legal practice.
,Rationale: Legal ethics considers both moral principles and
professional obligations associated with legal practice.
3. Which legislation currently provides the principal statutory
framework for legal practitioners in South Africa?
A. Attorneys Act 53 of 1979
B. Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014
C. Companies Act 71 of 2008
D. Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977
Correct answer: B. Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014.
Rationale: The Legal Practice Act provides the modern
statutory framework regulating the legal profession.
4. The Legal Practice Act primarily aims to:
A. Abolish the legal profession
B. Regulate legal practitioners and promote accountable
professional conduct
C. Eliminate professional rules
D. Replace the Constitution
Correct answer: B. Regulate legal practitioners and promote
accountable professional conduct.
Rationale: The Act establishes a framework for regulating legal
practitioners and professional standards.
,5. Which body is central to the regulation of legal practitioners
under the Legal Practice Act?
A. South African Revenue Service
B. Legal Practice Council
C. Reserve Bank
D. Electoral Commission
Correct answer: B. Legal Practice Council.
Rationale: The Legal Practice Council is responsible for
regulating the legal profession within the statutory framework.
6. A professional code of conduct primarily seeks to:
A. Encourage unethical competition
B. Establish standards of professional behaviour
C. Remove lawyers' duties to clients
D. Prevent access to courts
Correct answer: B. Establish standards of professional
behaviour.
Rationale: Codes of conduct guide practitioners in meeting
their professional and ethical responsibilities.
7. Which of the following is a fundamental professional
obligation of a legal practitioner?
, A. Acting dishonestly when beneficial
B. Acting in the client's best interests within the law
C. Ignoring conflicts of interest
D. Disclosing all client information publicly
Correct answer: B. Acting in the client's best interests within the
law.
Rationale: A practitioner must protect the client's legitimate
interests while complying with legal and ethical obligations.
8. The duty of confidentiality generally requires a legal
practitioner to:
A. Disclose all client information
B. Protect confidential client information
C. Publish client correspondence
D. Share information with competitors
Correct answer: B. Protect confidential client information.
Rationale: Confidentiality is a fundamental feature of the
lawyer-client relationship.
9. Does the duty of confidentiality automatically end when
the attorney-client relationship ends?
A. Yes
B. No
