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Lawyers' professional responsibility / G. E. Dal Pont.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Pyrmont, N.S.W. : Thomson Reuters(Australia) Ltd., 2010Edition: Fourth editionDescription: lxxviii, 586 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0455226849
  • 9780455226842
Other title:
  • Lawyers' professional responsibility in Australia and New Zealand [Other title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 174.3 22
Contents:
Part I. Introduction -- 1. The concept of professional responsibility -- 2. Admission to practice -- 3. The lawyer-client relationship -- Part II. 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 III. Costs -- 14. Costs disclosure and costs agreements -- 15. Recovery of costs from clients -- 16. Solicitors' liens -- Part IV. 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 V. Other lawyer responsibilities -- 20. Conduct of practice -- 21. Relations with the profession and third parties -- 22. Undertakings -- Part VI. Discipline of lawyers -- 23. The disciplinary jurisdiction -- 24. Disciplinary procedures -- 25. 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 responsibility. Fully updated .
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 174.3 DAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 0 Available A362031B
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 174.3 DAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A491810B

Previous ed.: c2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Introduction -- 1. The concept of professional responsibility -- 2. Admission to practice -- 3. The lawyer-client relationship -- Part II. 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 III. Costs -- 14. Costs disclosure and costs agreements -- 15. Recovery of costs from clients -- 16. Solicitors' liens -- Part IV. 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 V. Other lawyer responsibilities -- 20. Conduct of practice -- 21. Relations with the profession and third parties -- 22. Undertakings -- Part VI. Discipline of lawyers -- 23. The disciplinary jurisdiction -- 24. Disciplinary procedures -- 25. Types of misconduct.

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 responsibility. Fully updated .

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