Staying Informed - Law Institute of Victoria

Contract law and statute: Good faith negotiations

Bryan Horrigan and Nicholas Young 01 Jul 2020

Obligations to negotiate in good faith are increasingly common and the precise scope and content of such obligations is under the spotlight. The enforceability of these obligations will be heavily influenced by the contractual context.

Ethics

Legal capacity: Front of mind

Michael Lombard 01 Jul 2020

Practitioners should be aware of the legal capacity of their clients and understand that while they may have capacity for one proceeding, they may not for another.

Capacity Ethics

Search warrants: Don’t panic

Michael Dolan 01 Jul 2020

A solicitor must remember their professional responsibilities and ethical duties to their client when served with a search and seizure warrant.

Confidential Information Ethics

Ethics Committee rulings: Ethical constraints

LIV Ethics Committee 01 Jul 2020

Ethical dilemmas are part of everyday practice for solicitors. The LIV Ethics Committee is available to help...

Ethics Guardianship Practice & Procedure

Victorian Legal Services Board: An ethical lawyer

Fiona McLeay 01 Jul 2020

Let’s have a conversation about what it means to be fit and proper to practise in 2020.

Ethics Practice & Procedure

Ethics: Charging professionalism

Gino Dal Pont 01 Jun 2020

Lawyers whose charging reflects over-servicing may not escape a disciplinary consequence.

Ethics Practice & Procedure

Ethics Committee rulings: Duty of confidence

LIV Ethics Committee 01 May 2020

Ethical dilemmas are part of everyday practice for solicitors. The LIV Ethics Committee is available to help...

Ethics Practice & Procedure

Ethics: Anticipating obligations

Gino Dal Pont 01 May 2020

Lawyers’ obligations may emerge independent of an existing retainer.

Ethics Practice & Procedure

Ethics Committee rulings: Confidentiality

LIV Ethics Committee 01 Apr 2020

Ethical dilemmas are part of everyday practice for solicitors. The LIV Ethics Committee is available to help...

Ethics Practice & Procedure

Ethics: Taking unfair advantage

Michael Dolan 01 Apr 2020

Where an obvious error is made in favour of your client, a practitioner may face an ethical dilemma. Do you tell the party making the error or stay silent?

Ethics Practice & Procedure

Legal advisors responsible for ethical governance

Karin Derkley 11 Mar 2020

Lawyers have a role to play in restoring community trust in institutions, an International Women’s Day event was told...

Ethics

Ethics Committee rulings: Former client conflict

LIV Ethics Committee 01 Mar 2020

Ethical dilemmas are part of everyday practice for solicitors. The LIV Ethics Committee is available to help...

Ethics Practice & Procedure

Ethics: Competence on the professional radar

Gino Dal Pont 01 Mar 2020

Questions of lawyer competence have over recent decades entered the professional domain...

Ethics Obligations Practice & Procedure

Ethics Committee rulings: Legal costs dispute

LIV Ethics Committee 01 Feb 2020

Ethical dilemmas are part of everyday practice for solicitors. The LIV Ethics Committee is available to help...

Ethics Practice & Procedure

Ethics: What to do when your client might be lying

Donna Cooper 01 Feb 2020

Determining what you should do when you think a client has lied in the witness box while under cross-examination is one of the more difficult ethical dilemmas a practitioner may face...

Ethics Obligations Practice & Procedure

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