Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair
Tom Gardiner, Principal, Fisher Dore; Leading Criminal Defence Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2024
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
It Is Perfectly Acceptable to Fire a Client
Explore the ethical boundaries and professional obligations involved in terminating the lawyer-client relationship. Emma Higgins unpacks when and how it’s appropriate to withdraw from a matter, addressing issues like breakdowns in communication, client misconduct, and conflicting duties. Gain practical guidance on managing exits without breaching professional responsibility
Presented by Emma Higgins, Legal Director, Robertson O’Gorman Solicitors, Recommended Leading Criminal Defence Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide, 2024
Presenters
Emma Higgins, Legal Director, Robertson O’Gorman Solicitors
Emma Higgins is a legal director at Robertson O’Gorman Solicitors having joined the firm in 2011. A Queensland Law Society accredited specialist in criminal law, Emma appears in a variety of criminal matters before the Magistrates Court and superior courts. Emma has extensive trial and appellate experience in a range of criminal proceedings. She has appeared as solicitor advocate in superior courts and has a keen interest in the relationship between mental health and criminal proceedings. Emma achieved a Bachelor of Laws with Honours, a Bachelor of Business majoring in Economics from the Queensland University of Technology. In addition to criminal law, Emma has developed a practice in disciplinary law and is a member of the Queensland Law Society Disciplinary Law Committee.
Tom Gardiner, Principal, Fisher Dore
Tom is a Principal of Fisher Dore Lawyers and an Accredited Criminal Law Specialist (QLS). Tom has over a decade of experience in criminal law and is leading criminal lawyer in the Doyles Guide. Tom has appeared in all Courts throughout Queensland and instructed counsel in the High Court of Australia. Tom’s practice includes a wide range of criminal law matters, domestic violence applications and advice work.
