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.
29/04/2021
The purpose of this Guidance Statement is to set out what sexual harassment is, the issue as it relates to the legal industry and what legal and ethical obligations employers and employees have. *Updated 20 December 2022
25/02/2021
Where a law firm employs the immediate family member of a judicial officer where solicitors of that firm regularly appear before that judicial officer, potential ethical issues should be considered.
19/08/2020
Lawyers employed by government and quasi-government organisations often find themselves in roles which mix legal and non-legal work (such as governance and risk management), or have them reporting to non-lawyers and being asked to do non-traditional legal roles. This guidance statement assists in ascertaining their ethical duties in these different roles. *Updated 27 February 2024
20/04/2020
The purpose of this Guidance Statement is to outline what a practitioner should do if they inadvertently receive confidential information from another solicitor or a third party under the Australian Solicitors Conduct Rules 2012 (‘ASCR’) and the common law.
07/08/2019
This Guidance Statement considers conflicts of interest regarding the representation of multiple employees, at different positions within a company’s chain of responsibility, in Work Health and Safety investigations and the ethical obligations that arise when employees are compelled to participate in interviews under the Work Health Safety Act 2011 (Qld)