| Description |
cxxiii, 849 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Part 1: Introduction -- 1. The Concept of professional responsibility -- 2. Admission to practice -- 3. The Lawyer-client relationship -- Part 2: Lawyers' duty to the client -- 4. Duties to the client and their enforcement -- 5. Lawyers' duty to clients in tort -- 6. Lawyer-client conflict and influence -- 7. Concurrent conflicts -- 8. Acting against former clients -- 9. Duty to account -- 10. Confidentiality -- 11. Legal professional privilege -- 12. Privilege in aid of settlement -- 13. Employed ("In-house") lawyers -- Part 3: Costs -- 14. Costs disclosure and costs agreements -- 15. Recovery of costs from clients -- 16. Solicitors' liens -- Part 4: Lawyers' duty to the administration of justice -- 17. Duty to the court -- 18. Particular applications of the duty to the administration of justice -- 19. Duty to obey and uphold the law -- Part 5: Other lawyer responsibilities -- 20. Conduct of practice -- 21. Relations with the profession and third parties -- 22. Undertakings -- Part 6: Discipline of lawyers -- 23. The Disciplinary jurisdiction -- 24. Disciplinary procedures -- 25. Types of misconduct |
| Summary |
Lawyers' Professional Responsibility, 5E has been updated throughout. This edition includes commentary on the impending attempts to procure uniformity in statutory regulation of lawyers across Australia. Relevant provisions in the proposed Legal Profession National Law are cited, and the avenues whereby the national model is proposed to be achieved are identified and explained. This edition contains references to the most recent national model professional rules for barristers (which have already seen implementation in four jurisdictions) and to the Australian Solicitors' Conduct Rules. Although the latter currently apply only in South Australia and Queensland, they are slated for introduction elsewhere in due course. Changes to professional rules in other jurisdictions are noted, including the new United Kingdom rules, for comparative purposes |
| Analysis |
Accountability |
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Australian |
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Cases (Law) |
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Codes of conduct |
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Ethics |
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Interstate comparisons |
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Legal costs |
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Legal profession |
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Legal profession, skills & practice (Australia) |
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Professional liability |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: Lawbook Co., 2010 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Previous ed. 2010 |
| Subject |
Attorney and client -- Australia.
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Attorney and client.
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Lawyers -- Discipline.
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Legal ethics -- Australia.
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Legal ethics.
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| ISBN |
9780455230566 |
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