Published Nov 2009 (Thomson Reuters)
ISBN: 9780455226842.
Description
Author: Gino Dal Pont
The fourth edition of Lawyers’ Professional Responsibility provides a comprehensive and accessible treatment of lawyers’ professional and ethical responsibilities. It deals with all sources of professional responsibility, including case law, legislation and professional rules, and covers all Australian jurisdictions.
The fourth edition brings the statutory and rule-based framework entirely up to date, addressing the new legal profession legislation enacted in many States and Territories as well as new professional rules that have been implemented. Reference is also made to professional responsibility models in other common law jurisdictions, including the new professional rules in New Zealand and the United Kingdom, and to recent developments in the United States.
Lawyers’ Professional Responsibility, 4th Edition, will be valuable to both students and practitioners alike, helping them to understand the recent changes to professional responsibility and how those changes effect legal practice.
Contents Chapter 1 - The Concept of Professional Responsibility Chapter 2 - Admission to Practice Chapter 3 - The Lawyer-Client Relationship Chapter 4 - Duties to the Client and their Enforcement Chapter 5 - Lawyers’ Duty to Clients in Tort Chapter 6 - Lawyer-Client Conflict and Influence Chapter 7 - Concurrent Conflicts Chapter 8 - Acting against Former Clients Chapter 9 - Duty to Account Chapter 10 - Confidentiality Chapter 11 - Legal Professional Privilege Chapter 12 - Privilege in Aid of Settlement Chapter 13 - Employed (“In-house”) Lawyers Chapter 14 - Costs Disclosure and Costs Agreements Chapter 15 - Recovery of Costs from Clients Chapter 16 - Solicitors’ Liens Chapter 17 - Duty to the Court Chapter 18 - Particular Applications of the Duty to the Administration of Justice Chapter 19 - Duty to Obey and Uphold the Law Chapter 20 - Conduct of Practice Chapter 21 - Relations with the Profession and Third Parties Chapter 22 - Undertakings Chapter 23 - The Disciplinary Jurisdiction Chapter 24 - Disciplinary Procedures Chapter 25 - Types of Misconduct
