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1.16 (A).1, 5.5(B) - Upon learning that Carl had taken on a case on his own, which is an example of unauthorized practice of law, Attorney Howe should have notified the clients that Carl did not have such authority to take on a case, set discounted fees or conduct an interview without Attorney Howe’s supervision, thus in good consciousness Attorney Howe cannot take on clients under fraudulent circumstances.

Unfortunately, law is not like that anymore - if it ever was - and today's attorneys must juggle a number of different responsibilities all at once. They must act as marketers to attract new

Case Comment: John Michael Malins v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2017] EWHC 835 (Admin) 2017 WL 01339062

An offeror will have made an offer where it appears to a reasonable person in the position of the offeree that an offer was intended.

Key features and doctrines of the Australian legal system are the rule of law, procedural fairness and the court hierarchy which are all crucial to achieving justice. Justice is achieved when people are treated without bias, a case is handled just, and equal outcomes are achieved for both parties.

3. Australian International Law – Australia’s legal system and effectiveness. Peter Greste - Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Conversely, other judges have found the judgement in Consul Development v DPC to be inconclusive, adopting a narrow interpretation of the judgement of Stephen J and restricting the requisite knowledge only to the first three categories of the Baden scale. This tendency toward a narrow approach increased following the decision in Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd v Tan (‘Royal Brunei’) as courts attempted to reconcile the UK and Australian lines of authority. However in other cases, such as Gertsch v Atsas it was held that that the acceptance of the first four Baden categories was synonymous with accepting a standard of honesty.

Chapter Nine has a strong relationship with the HRS in that they both describe the roles and powers of legal practitioners. The chapter can be summarized as a sociolegal study on the exercise and source of professional power as wielded by Lawyers and adjacent practitioners of law. When taken in totality, this chapter presents its findings in such a way that when “read together these studies illuminate the multiple dimensions of professional power” (Rostain, 2008, p 147). Consequently there is a heavy focus upon how lawyer’s ideologies

Australian society is constantly changing and developing, therefore laws need to be accordingly dynamic in order to respond effectively to the changes in social values, overcome issues when they arise, promote equality, to support scientific and technological advances as they perpetually occur, and to ensure majority compliance amongst the community.

potential conflict concerns and interests – the involvement of the profession in complaint proceedings against lawyers, or paralegals, however well-intentioned and fair, would always be suspect because

The Australian Consumer Law (ACL) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (‘the ASIC Act’) and the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 (Cth) are the most notable pieces of Commonwealth legislation that operate to provide consumer protection and fair trading.

In Legal Profession Complaints Committee v Amsden (“the decision”), the Tribunal made findings of professional misconduct against Ms Amsden. Subsequently, they determined that the appropriate disciplinary consequence of was a public reprimand, an order to pay a fine of $5,000, and an order to pay the full costs of the Committee. This paper will outline the legislative and theoretical foundations of legal practitioners’ professional ethics in Western Australia in conjunction with an exploration of the justifications for disciplining legal practitioners. Subsequently, there will be analysis of the Tribunal’s reasons for their findings of professional misconduct against Ms Amsden and the effectiveness of the penalties imposed in achieving the underlying purposes of the system of legal ethics in WA. Particular emphasis will be placed upon Ms Amsden’s conduct in relation to ‘bringing the legal profession into disrepute’; this will necessitate an examination of the concept of law as a profession and its wider role in society.

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• Eveready Australia Pty Ltd v Gillette Australia Pty Ltd OR Taco Company of Aust Inc v Taco Bell Pty Ltd (“objective test”)

Attorneys are to represent their clients as members of a legal profession. As long as there has been an attorney-client case, there has been disputes regarding the attorney 's loyalty to their clients. Ethically, the adverse action implicates important professional values which include the obligations of legal professionals to provide services to those that need them, to become fully informed regarding legal matters to ensure competence, and to hold confidential clients ' communication. The attorney should always be truthful as well as trustworthy. According to Banks, “trust is an aspect of professionalism, and the encouragement of trust has become a fundamental characteristic in a professional relationship because