The practitioners licensed by the supreme court shall have control to judgment and execution, of all suits and defenses confided to them; provided that no practitioner shall have power to compromise, arbitrate, or settle such matters confided to the practitioner, unless upon special authority in writing from the practitioner's client.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 605-7
Control of action; power to settle
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Doi v. Halekulani Corp. (2002)
Most recently applied in Riihimaki v. Young Hui Kim (In re Young Hui Kim) (February 2017)
CC 1859, §1069; RL 1925, §2310; RL 1935, §3609; RL 1945, §9707; RL 1955, §217-7; HRS §605-7; am L 1972, c 184, §1(d); gen ch 1985
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