Lawyers' professional responsibility / G. E. Dal Pont.
2021
L82.K1 DAL 2021
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Title
Lawyers' professional responsibility / G. E. Dal Pont.
Edition
7th edition
ISBN
9780455244907 paperback
Imprint
Pyrmont, N.S.W. : Lawbook. Co., 2021.
Copyright
©2021.
Language
English
Description
cxxxi, 891 pages ; 25 cm
Call Number
L82.K1 DAL 2021
Summary
Lawyers' Professional Responsibility, seventh edition is a detailed yet accessible treatment of lawyers' legal and professional responsibilities, suitable for students and practitioners alike. This comprehensive book contains detailed footnoting of relevant provisions and rules in each Australian jurisdiction. Lawyers' Professional Responsibility's content and commentary are not confined to developments across Australia, but where relevant includes comparative coverage from the main common law jurisdictions, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore. This edition includes content and commentary on the Legal Profession Uniform Law, to date as implemented in New South Wales and Victoria, together with the various uniform rules, for both solicitors and barristers. - Publisher's website.
Note
Previous edition: 2017.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes index and bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note
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.
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.
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