Issues relating to company meetings and lawyers acting as directors
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PriceCPD Points 1.5
Competency- C4: Substantive Law (1)
- C3: Ethics and Professional Responsibility (0.5)
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Ethical standards of conduct represent an important professional obligation which we each have as lawyers. The session will focus upon the duties owed by family lawyers to the Court and the relevant Professional Conduct Rules. It will address some ethical dilemmas, in fact scenarios, making reference to case law along the way.
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Course Summary
Experienced speakers provide practical tips on how to deal with problem areas such as the formalities of convening meetings, drafting and amendments to resolutions, the proper conduct of meetings, who can attend meetings and who can appoint a proxy.
Course Details
Lawyers will often be asked to attend company meetings and also, at times, to act as directors of their client companies.
This seminar focuses on the law, practice and procedure of meetings for both shareholder and creditors meetings.
Experienced speakers provide practical tips on how to deal with problem areas such as the formalities of convening meetings, drafting and amendments to resolutions, the proper conduct of meetings, who can attend meetings and who can appoint a proxy.
This seminar also focuses on lawyers acting as directors of their client companies and the potential conflict and ethical issues arising from such appointments and how best to avoid to them.
Level: Intermediate / Advanced