Ethical Dilemmas for Family Lawyers

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CPD Points 1

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  • C3: Ethics and Professional Responsibility (1)

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Ethical Dilemmas for Family Lawyers

The Law Society of Western Australia

The Law Society of Western Australia is the professional association for Western Australian barristers and solicitors

 

Course Summary

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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Understanding ethical obligations and recognising ethical dilemmas will be the subject of a paper presented by Accredited Family Law Specialists Paula Wilkinson and Adam Somerville-Browne.

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.