Sri Lanka, Dec. 18 -- An Attorney-at-Law was today discharged subject to a formal warning by the Supreme Court after pleading guilty to an act of professional misconduct, with the court cautioning him to exercise greater diligence in the future to avoid conduct that could undermine the integrity of the legal profession and the administration of justice.

The rule (charges) relates to a case before the Kaduwela District Court in which the respondent Attorney-at-Law had filed a proxy on behalf of the first and second defendants, while the plaintiff was challenging the validity of a Deed of Transfer attested by the same lawyer. This conduct was found to be in violation of Supreme Court Rule 12, which expressly prohibits an Attorney-at-Law fr...