Lawyers' Right to Withdraw Upheld

Lawyers Right to Withdraw In Absence of Client
In re Boodhoo
CA
26 January 2007
Daily Law Notes Summary
Whether a solicitor was able properly to represent a defendant in
a contested criminal case in the defendant’s absence was a matter
for his professional judgment, bearing in mind fundamental
questions of trust between lawyers and litigants which might
arise when a defendant absented himself, as well as practical
questions as to the conduct of the trial.