ATTORNEY ASSIGNMENT BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS IN HUNGARY

In pursuance of the IVth Act of 1937 Law Article if a attorney in Hungary is requested to fulfill an assignment the lawyer was obliged to statement on acceptance or refusal without delay. The attorney outside the case, when he is ordered as probation lawyer, could refuse the request without justification, and he was entitled canceling the accepted order. To the latter’s validity written notification was required from the attorney. The notice period was from client’s notification fifteen days, during this period the attorney was obliged to act on behalf of the client's case and the charge of supplying the necessary steps to carry out successfully. If the attorney in Hungary had to carry out a legal act, which involve expenditure, to do those the lawyer was required only if the client paid the incurred expenditure in advance .

Client could repeal the attorney assignment at anytime without warning to repal’s validity written notification was required. At the brief’s repeal or limitation the client could apply for the fact of repeal or limitation superseds the attorneys’ representations. The brief’s repeal didn’t affect the attorney’s claims which were derived from the contract. If the legal mandate terminated before the end of the matter for any reason, the attorney, or his successor was bound to account to the customer in a month in Hungary.

The attorney in Hungary was obliged to notify immediately the known heirs about the client’s death, and report about the progress of the case. It also had to inform the court (or other authority), which the case was before being deceased about client’ s death. In case of the client’s death the attorney required to do all those urgent steps which were necessary to protect the interests to the heirs’ further behasts. The termniation of the assignment was possible against the heirs under Hungarian law..