That's exactly right and, in fact, that's in the legislation itself. The law says we must do that, and certainly for advocates to be lawyers with the Bureau of Pensions Advocates, they must be licensed. They can only be licensed by their respective bar societies if they are following the rules and regulations laid out by that bar society. This doesn't happen very often at all, but should it happen in a case that the duty owed to the client as set out by the bar society is in conflict with any rules or regulations established by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the duty to the client wins out every time.
On June 16th, 2016. See this statement in context.