Rules for advocate practice

As advocates and associates at advocate law offices, we are liable to comply with the Swedish Bar Association's regulations and rules for advocate practice; for example, the ethical rules on good advocate practice standards. These include, among other things, rules on how advocate law offices should be run and managed and the duties of the advocate in relation to the client.

A cornerstone of the practice standards is that advocates are liable to be loyal to their clients only and act only in their clients' best interests.

An advocate also has a statutory duty of confidentiality which means that he or she may not disclose anything that they have become aware of in confidence, except in very special circumstances governed by law. This duty of confidentiality also applies to the employees of an advocate, both associates and other staff.

Besides ethical rules on good advocate practice standards, the Swedish Bar Association also issues regulations on the administration of client funds and valuable documents and also on the practice's bookkeeping, etc.

Chapter 8 of the Code of Judicial Procedure also governs the operations of advocates and every advocate is subject to the supervision of both the Swedish Bar Association and the Office of the Chancellor of Justice.

You can read more about the advantages of engaging an advocate instead of another legal advisor under About Lebenberg/Advantages of advocate law offices.