Just as there is no non-disclosed communication with the court, Standard 17 tells us that should be no non-disclosed conversations with one This “there party’s counsel.” is to bias or the appearance of A simple way to handle this would be to “avoid bias.” reduce all communication with counsel to writing, and copy the other party on it. However, Standard 17 also makes provision for non-disclosed communication as long as CFI, the parties, and counsel all agree to some different procedure “the concerning communication between the CFI and In this case, should counsel.” “they reduce the agreement to writing before the CFI begins work on the case.
Just as there is no non-disclosed communication with the court, Standard 17 tells us that “there should be no non-disclosed conversations with one party’s counsel.” This is to “avoid bias or the appearance of bias.” A simple way to handle this would be to reduce all communication with counsel to writing, and copy the other party on it. However, Standard 17 also makes provision for non-disclosed communication as long as “the CFI, the parties, and counsel all agree to some different procedure concerning communication between the CFI and counsel.” In this case, “they should reduce the agreement to writing before the CFI begins work on the case.
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