Honour professional undertakings profession

1.3 You perform all undertakings given by you, and do so within an agreed timescale or if no timescale has been agreed then within a reasonable amount of time.

SRA Code of Conduct for Solicitors, RELs and RFLs · 2019 · archived copy · official source ↗

rC11 You must within an agreed timescale or within a reasonable period of time comply with any undertaking you give in the course of conducting litigation.

BSB Handbook · current · archived copy · official source ↗

An attorney-at-law who has given a personal undertaking to another attorney-at-law or a recognised law entity in the course of practice is personally bound by that undertaking, shall honour that undertaking and shall ensure that it is performed in a timely and effective manner, unless the attorney-at-law is clearly and unequivocally released by the recipient or the Court.

Cayman Islands Legal Services Code of Professional Conduct · 2026 · archived copy

A solicitor who has given an undertaking in the course of legal practice must honour that undertaking and ensure the timely and effective performance of the undertaking, unless released by the recipient or by a court of competent jurisdiction.

Australian Solicitors' Conduct Rules · 2015 (June 2026 compilation) · archived copy · official source ↗

A solicitor is required to honour the terms of an undertaking as a matter of professional conduct. A breach of an undertaking is a matter of professional misconduct... An undertaking should not be given by a solicitor as an inducement to a client to secure that client's business... A solicitor who gives an undertaking that is expressed to be dependent upon the happening of a future event should notify the recipient promptly if it becomes clear that the event will not occur.

Solicitor's Guide to Professional Conduct (Law Society of Ireland) · 4th ed. (2022) · archived copy · official source ↗

(c) An Attorney shall not commit a breach of an undertaking given by him to a Judge, a Court or other tribunal or an official thereof ... (d) An Attorney shall not give a professional undertaking which he cannot fulfil and shall fulfil every such undertaking which he gives.

Legal Profession (Canons of Professional Ethics) Rules · 1978 (principal) · archived copy · official source ↗

A member who has given, or whose employee has given, an undertaking to another member or the firm of another member in the course of practice is personally bound by that undertaking and must honour that undertaking and ensure that it is performed in a timely and effective manner.

Law Society of Jersey Code of Conduct · 1 January 2017 · archived copy · official source ↗

7.2-11 A lawyer shall not give an undertaking that cannot be fulfilled and shall fulfill every undertaking given and honour every trust condition once accepted. [5.1-6: A lawyer must strictly and scrupulously fulfill any undertakings given by him or her and honour any trust conditions accepted in the course of litigation.]

Law Society of Ontario — Rules of Professional Conduct · current · archived copy · official source ↗

A lawyer must: (a) not give an undertaking that cannot be fulfilled; (b) fulfill every undertaking given; and (c) honour every trust condition once accepted.

Code of Professional Conduct for British Columbia (BC Code) · 2017 · archived copy · official source ↗

A lawyer must honour all undertakings, whether written or oral, that the lawyer gives to any person in the course of practice.

Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 · SR 2008/214 · archived copy · official source ↗

You must act with other regulated persons in a manner consistent with persons having mutual trust and confidence in each other.

Law Society of Scotland — Practice Rules 2011, Rule B1 (Standards of Conduct) · 2011 · archived copy · official source ↗

7 Responsibilities of legal practitioners to each other

Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) Rules 2015 · 2015 · archived copy · official source ↗

A solicitor must honour the terms of a professional undertaking. ... An undertaking shall only be given by a solicitor and is binding upon him personally, and if given in the course of practice, also binds his firm. ... an undertaking should never be given unless the solicitor giving it is certain that he personally can comply with it.

Hong Kong Solicitors' Guide to Professional Conduct (Volume 1) · current · archived copy · official source ↗

A practising barrister, while engaging in practice, must not give any undertaking that cannot be fulfilled and must fulfil every undertaking that has been given by him.

Code of Conduct of the Bar of the Hong Kong SAR · 2018 · archived copy · official source ↗