Monday, 1 July 2024
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Ethics and Professional Responsibility
This program is based on NSW legislation
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Chair
Paul Lewis, Special Counsel, Ramsden Family Law; Accredited Specialist in Family Law and Dispute Resolution
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Costs Disclosure: When to do it, How to do it, and What Happens to Your Boss if you Don’t
The Legal Professional Uniform Law introduced subtle changes to solicitors' disclosure requirements. An employed solicitor’s failure to comply can cause unreasonably disproportionate adverse effects on a law firm’s cash flow and its owners’ ethical standing. This seminar will equip you with a detailed understanding of dangerous traps that inattentive solicitors may fall into, and introduce you to solutions you can put into action immediately. You can turn regulatory compliance from a burden into a valuable point of differentiation that gives you an edge over your competitors, whether you are a 30-year veteran or just starting your career.
Presented by Philippe Doyle Gray, Barrister, 8 Wentworth Chambers
Presenters
Paul Lewis, Senior Legal Counsel, Carroll & O’Dea LawyersPaul Lewis is a Senior Legal Counsel and one of Sydney’s most senior and well-respected Family Law specialists. Based at our Sydney and Parramatta offices, Paul acts for clients that live locally, in the regions and overseas. After attending Sydney University and becoming a solicitor in 1990, Paul was mentored by one of Sydney’s leading family lawyers (the late John Pollard) before becoming an Accredited Specialist in Family Law in 1999. Paul has been a practising mediator since 1994. He became an Accredited Specialist in Dispute Resolution in 2018, awarded on an honorary basis for his services to that area of the NSW Law Society’s Specialist Accreditation Scheme. Guiding clients through the uncertainty and stress of their changed family circumstances and helping them arrive at a new turning point in their lives is Paul’s reason for choosing family law as his specialist area. Paul was one of the first lawyers in Australia to be trained in Collaborative Law in 2005, and he includes the use of collaborative processes among the various “process choices” that are available to clients. Paul settles the vast majority of his cases (parenting and financial matters) and is known as a firm and pragmatic negotiator. He is a determined and wise litigator for those cases that require a decision by a Judge.
Philippe Doyle Gray, Barrister, 8 Wentworth Chambers
Philippe principally practises in commercial law and equity, and is frequently briefed to advise and appear in civil litigation in which allegations are made of criminality, fraud, or other serious misconduct. He usually appears in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, at first instance and on appeal. He also has specialist skills in legal project management and the use of technology in legal practice. Philippe is a Costs Assessor, former member of the statutory Costs Assessment Rules Committee (CARC), and an authority in the law of legal costs and regulation of the profession, regularly acting for barristers, solicitors, and clients in disputes concerning professional fees. Learn more at www.PhilippeDoyleGray.com
