A barrister who breaches professional standards by meeting privately with a represented opposing party without consent of that party's lawyer, particularly where combined with a conditional fee arrangement and financial difficulties, may be restrained from continuing to act under the court's inherent jurisdiction to protect the integrity of the judicial process. The court's inherent supervisory jurisdiction over its officers survives [name withheld] v KPMG, which concerned accountants who are not officers of the court. The right to counsel of choice gives way to the overriding principle of protecting the integrity of the judicial process where actual lack of objectivity and independence is demonstrated.
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