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

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	Seventh edition.
Published:	Pyrmont, NSW : Thomson Reuters (Professional) Australia Limited, 2021.
Main Author:	Dal Pont, G. E. (Gino Evan) (Author)
Subjects:	Legal ethics > Australia. Lawyers > Malpractice > Australia. Attorney and client > Australia. Confidential communications > Lawyers. Lawyers > Australia > Discipline.
Courses:	LAWS 101
Format:	Book

Lawyers' professional responsibility /

Table of Contents:

The concept of professional responsibility
Admission to practice
The lawyer-client relationship
Duties to the client and their enforcement
Lawyers' duty to clients in tort
Lawyer-client conflict and influence
Concurrent conflicts
Acting against former clients
Duty to account
Confidentiality
Legal professional privilege
Privilege in aid of settlement
Employed ("in-house") lawyers
Costs disclosure and costs agreements
Recovery of costs from clients
Solicitors' liens
Duty to the court
Particular applications of the duty to the administration of justice
Duty to obey and uphold the law
Conduct of practice
Relations with the profession and third parties
Undertakings
The disciplinary jurisdiction
Disciplinary procedures
Types of misconduct.