Practice Advisories

These Practice Advisories Provide guidance for lawyers on specific circumstances.  They supplement the Legal Profession Act, the Code of Professional Conduct, the Rules and Policies of the Law Society.

These advisories have been approved by the Law Society Legal Ethics and Practice Committee.

These advisories are provided by the Law Society of the Northwest Territories to assist lawyers. Readers must exercise their own judgment when making decisions for their practices.

• Trust Accounts and the NWT Law Foundation
• Trust Conditions
• Banking Procedures for Payments in Excess of $25 Million
• Photocopying a Client’s File
• Destruction of Closed Client Files
• The Lawyer as Advocate: Communicating with Witnesses through Agents