Is it time solicitors started taking ethics training more seriously?
Posted by David Chaplin onEthics training for qualified solicitors is not mandatory. This surprises other professionals and the public as it defies their expectations.
Unethical Stories: Emma Walker from Leigh Day
Posted by David Chaplin onEmma Walker, associate solicitor from Leigh Day Solicitors and Mena Ruparel talk about ethical conundrums. Emma shares an interesting tale of a client confidentiality breach on another continent.
Unethical Stories Podcast: Jo O'Sullivan
Posted by David Chaplin onMena Ruparel is joined by Jo O’ Sullivan from O’Sullivan family law discuss ethics at the beginning of the Coronavirus outbreak. Jo shares her experiences of ethical decision making and how she thinks things might challenge us in the current climate.
Unethical Stories Podcast: Karen Dovaston
Posted by David Chaplin onAuthor Mena Ruparel has launched Unethical Stories, a series of podcasts in which she speaks to lawyers about daily ethical decision-making in practice. Guests spill the beans on the worst ethical decisions made by other solicitors and what they would have done differently. The idea is to find out how lawyers learn to make ethical … Continue reading Unethical Stories: Mena’s new podcast
Young Voices: ethics and millennial lawyers
Posted by David Chaplin onRichard Burnham looks at how law firms can create an ethical culture and support millennials in making ethical decisions
Regulating Robot Lawyers
Posted by David Chaplin onRichard Burnham looks at the similarities between SRA Code of Conduct and any codes of conduct that might regulate AI lawyers
When it is ethical to end a retainer?
Posted by David Chaplin onMena Ruparel reviews the relevant rules about ending a retainer and what they mean in practice.
Can’t pay, won’t pay?
Posted by bathpublishing onCould dodging a train fare be a false economy for solicitors? Mena Ruparel with some salutary tales.
Ethics and compliance – worlds apart?
Posted by David Chaplin onAre ethics and Codes of Conduct too often conflated? Mena Ruparel looks at the differences.