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

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Edition:4th ed.
Published: Pyrmont, N.S.W. : Lawbook Co., 2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. Introduction
  • 1. The concept of professional responsibility
  • 2. Admission to practice
  • 3. The lawyer-client relationship
  • Pt. 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
  • Pt. III. Costs
  • 14. Costs disclosure and costs agreements
  • 15. Recovery of costs from clients
  • 16. Solicitors' liens
  • Pt. 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
  • Pt. VI. Discipline of lawyers
  • 23. The disciplinary jurisdiction
  • 24. Disciplinary procedures
  • 25. Types of misconduct.