Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors’ Conduct Rules 2015
25Integrity of evidence—two witnesses together
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25 Integrity of evidence—two witnesses together
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.