18/03/2022
This Guidance Statement outlines the fundamental duty of honesty and courtesy in communications with colleagues and provides guidance on how to respond to discourtesy.
23/02/2022
This Guidance Statement provides assistance to solicitors in complying with their ethical duties when dealing with the transfer of files to another practitioner or their client.
13/10/2021
This Guidance Statement considers some of the ethical issues when applying the ‘no contact rule’ to an opposing client who is an organisation.
13/10/2021
This Guidance Statement considers some of the ethical issues when applying the ‘no contact rule’ to an opposing client who is an individual.
13/10/2021
It is important to be aware of your ethical obligations when being asked to provide a ‘second opinion’ by a client of another solicitor.
13/10/2021
This Guidance Statement considers the ethical issues faced by solicitors working in multi-disciplinary practices and in particular, focusses on the Community Legal Centre ('CLC’) experience where practitioners interact with social workers.
23/08/2021
Practitioners are reminded that the highest standards of professionalism continue when appearing before the court remotely. This Guidance Statement outlines what solicitors should consider when doing so.
23/08/2021
This Guidance Statement raises the ethical issues practitioners should consider when engaging in social media.
23/08/2021
This Guidance Statement outlines some of the issues solicitors should consider if they are asked to act for family or close friends.
04/05/2021
This Guidance Statement seeks to provide some strategies for properly identifying and dealing with this type of behaviour in a manner consistent with a solicitor’s ethical obligations.