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Understand your professional conduct obligations and find support to resolve ethical dilemmas in your practice.
Find out more about the Ethics Committee, including upcoming meeting dates, and search for specific rulings from the last 10 years.
LIV Ethics Guidelines are published with the approval of the LIV Council. Each Guideline is published after rigorous research, drafting and consultation.
Read through the current conduct rules for legal professionals and access previous rules to supplement your research.
Solicitors are officers of the court. A solicitor’s duty to the court and the administration of justice is paramount. A solicitor’s other fundamental duties include acting in the best interests of a client, being honest and courteous, and delivering legal services competently, diligently, and in a timely manner. These duties are set out in the Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors’ Conduct Rules 2015.
The Ethics and Professional Practice department provides ethics guidance, develops and delivers ethics education including customised in-house ethics seminars, administers the Ethics Committee, produces Ethics Guidelines and administers the Ethics Liaison Group.
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