Part I - Introduction Chapter 1 - Professional responsibilitity -- Chapter 2 - Admission to practice -- Chapter 3 - The lawyer-client relationship -- Part II - Lawyers' duty to the client Chapter 4 - Introduction and context -- Chapter 5 - Lawyers' duty in tort -- Chapter 6 - Duties in equity generally -- Chapter 7 - Lawyer-client conflict -- Chapter 8 - Concurrent conflict -- Chapter 9 - Successive conflicts -- Chapter 10 - Duty to account -- Chapter 11 - Confidentiality -- Chapter 12 - Legal professional privilege -- Chapter 13 - Privilege in aid of settlement -- Chapter 14 - Lawyers employed by non-lawyers -- Part III - Costs Chapter 15 - Disclosure and recovery of costs -- Chapter 16 - Costs agreements -- Chapter 17 - Taxation of solicitor and own client costs -- Chapter 18 - Solicitors' liens -- Part IV - Duty to the administration of justice Chapter 19 - Duty to the court -- Chapter 20 - Particular applications of the duty to the administration of justice -- Chapter 21 - Duty to obey and uphold the law -- Part V - Other lawyer responsibilities Chapter 22 - Code of practice -- Chapter 23 - Relations with the profession and third parties -- Chapter 24 - Undertakings -- Part VI - Discipline of lawyers Chapter 25 - General principles -- Chapter 26 - Disciplinary procedures -- Chapter 27 - Types of misconduct
Summary
An indispensable text for students in legal ethics, legal responsibility, legal profession, and legal practice subjects. The objective of the text is to provide an accessible, practical and multi-jurisdictional account of the principles of professional respnosibility
