COURSE CATEGORY
Ethics
Legal ethics for government lawyers
Western Australia Customers
Please note this course has not been updated in the last twelve months and does not satisfy the requirements for CPD in WA.
Reviewed January 06, 2022
This course deals with three areas where solicitors’ ethical obligations arise. First, the overriding duty of a solicitor to the court and the obligations this imposes on a solicitor. Secondly, the duty of the solicitor to the client including the duty to advise and the solicitor’s duty of loyalty. Thirdly, the duty of the solicitor to avoid conflicts of interest.
Course Features
The course looks at these duties from the perspective of all lawyers, however, throughout the course issues that are unique to government lawyers are discussed. Such as
- who is the client?
- who can give instructions
- model litigant
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TARGET AUDIENCE
All government lawyers, and may be of use to in-house lawyers.
CPD POINT
1
TYPE
Text-based interactive module
Course Author: Judge Anna Robertson
County Court of Victoria
Judge Robertson signed the Victorian Bar Roll in 2001 and has worked as a solicitor at Coadys Solicitors and a paralegal at Norton Rose in London. Her Honour holds a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Laws from Monash University.
Judge Robertson practiced in general commercial and insurance litigation in the Federal and Sate courts. Additionally, Judge Robertson is regularly briefed in a range of administrative and common law matters for government and regulatory bodies and in a range of disciplinary proceedings.
Course Author: Natalie Wieland
Founder, VidVersity
Natalie has been an educator in the legal sector for over 20 years. She originally practised law before moving into training and education. She founded CPD Interactive and more recently VidVersity. She teaches at Melbourne Law School and provides legal research training in a wide range of organisations.
