Mandatory Rule 6.1 for All Lawyers - Audio Recording & Papers

CPD Points: Four (4)

Category: Substantive Law, Professional Skills, Business Skills & Ethics

Cost: $440

Seminar Programme:

Introduction from Chair
Chair: Frances MOFFITT, Compliance Solicitor, Law Society of New South Wales

Opening Remarks
His Honour Judge Rolf DRIVER, Federal Circuit Court of Australia

Ethics and Professional Responsibility
Topic 1: Are Good Ethics Bad for Business?
Speaker: Linden BARNES, Senior Ethics Solicitor, Law Society of New South Wales
• How do ethics impact on our relations with our clients?
• When do we have to terminate retainers for ethical reasons?
• What instructions must we refuse?
• How do we raise ethical issues with clients?

Professional Skills
Topic 2: The Game of the Name – How to Apply the Cases That Have Given Their Names to Remedies and Costs Orders
Speaker: Angus MACINNIS, Director of Dispute Resolution, StevensVuaran Lawyers
• Remedies – Mareva (freezing), Anton Piller (search), and Sabre Corporation orders
• Costs – Bullock and Sanderson orders and Calderbank letters
• The skills necessary to deploy (and defend) the "name orders", including effective drafting, use of relevant Practice Notes, and identification of evidence

Substantive Law
Topic 3: Crossing the Line: Behaviour that Gets Lawyers into Trouble
Speaker: Aditi RAO, Barrister, Level 22 Chambers
• What is sexual harassment, and how is it different to unwelcome conduct?
• The reasonable person test
• What does ‘in the course of practice’ mean?
• Criminal law issues
• Bystanders and accessory liability

Practice Management and Business Skills
Topic 4: Strategies to Help You Win More Work
Speaker: James BACON, Co-Founder and Director, Monte Rosa
• How clients buy legal services 
• What stops clients from changing their legal provider, even when they are dissatisfied with them
• Strategies for disrupting the status quo and winning more work