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If my client is unable to provide some of the identification information required, for example an address or a phone number, am I obliged to withdraw?

November 17, 2020 []

Where a client is unable to provide the information, for example where they have no address because they are homeless, or where they have no telephone number, you are not...

The rule requires me to obtain and record my client’s occupation. What do I do if the individual doesn’t have an occupation or doesn’t want to tell me what it is?

November 17, 2020 []

The rule requires you to find out what your client does. If your client doesn’t want to answer the question you should explain that all members of the legal profession...

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If my client is unable to provide some of the identification information required, for example an address or a phone number, am I obliged to withdraw?

The rule requires me to obtain and record my client’s occupation. What do I do if the individual doesn’t have an occupation or doesn’t want to tell me what it is?

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