The question (13 marks)
A junior advocate discovers, after an arbitration award has been made in his client's favour, that an entry belonging on the debit side has been carried to the credit side, and that the opposing party has not noticed. His senior tells him that no counsel is bound to admit anything against his client's interest and refuses to argue the appeal on any other footing. Advise the junior, using the prescribed texts, and say what he should do if the bench then suggests that he has been guilty of sharp practice. (13 marks)
MU Module II, problem question on Gandhi's Reminiscences of the Bar; pack ch. 02 s.4.1-4.5, with Bacon s.3.4.
Plan your answer on paper before you look at the authorities — issue first, then the rule, then apply it to these facts.
It tests Unit 2 · Speeches and Essays of English — Paper I.
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