Misleading conduct
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PriceCPD Points 1.5
Competency- C3: Ethics and Professional Responsibility (1.5)
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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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The Legal Profession Complaints Committee sees a number of complaints arising from misleading conduct by lawyers towards clients, the court, colleagues or the general public. Misleading conduct, whether to gain advantage for the client or the lawyer, can range from ‘innocent’ or ‘inadvertent’ to ‘deliberate’ or ‘conscious’ – the latter being at the high end of dishonesty.
Examples of misleading behaviour will be provided in this seminar including:
- oral and written legal submissions
- affidavits and witness statements
- communication with opponents, clients and the court
- advertising, marketing and promotion
- when not correcting an error “is” and “is not” misleading
This seminar further provides practical tips when responding to a complaint from the LPCC on such issues including the importance of obtaining good legal advice and not compounding the misleading behaviour in your response.
Level: General