Brendan Dillon
Managing Partner of Dillon Solicitors
Ethics and Professional Conduct, Regulatory CPD webinar
Webinar presented by Justine Carty, Solicitor, Property Registration Authority and Chair of Guidance and Ethics Committee; and Brendan Dillon, Solicitor, Accredited Mediator and Collaborative Lawyer.
50
Online / On-demand
1 Regulatory CPD hour
About this course
As the foundation of the values on which the solicitors’ profession rests, ethics and professional conduct are of ever-increasing importance for practitioners.
Delivered by leading experts Justine Carty (Chair, Guidance & Ethics Committee in the Law Society) and Brendan Dillon (Consultant, Guidance & Ethics Committee) this webinar is designed to provide you with a guide to the ethical duties expected of you. It will assist you to identify and appropriately respond to the many and varied ethical questions which arise in day-to-day practice.
The Fourth edition of the Solicitors Guide to Professional Conduct was launched on 21 September 2022. This webinar will also provide you with high-level advice on the key elements of the new Guide.
Course Syllabus
The webinar will cover the following topics:
- Core values of conduct,
- The role of the solicitor in practice and the challenges facing solicitors,
- Undertakings,
- Where to ask for help,
- Enforcement of the Rules of professional conduct,
- Accepting instructions,
- Terms and conditions,
- Legal costs,
- Complaints,
- Vulnerable Clients: a special duty of care?
- Dealing with mental capacity: implications of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015,
- Correspondence with third parties,
- Solicitor’s lien: when it arises and when it does not arise,
- Professional responsibility for fees.
