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Risk Management for Counsel Sep 17, 2017 – Practitioners who act as counsel should, just like those who practice as solicitors, adhere to good risk management principles.
Lawyer First - Employee Second? In House Counsel’s Ethical Tightrope Feb 7, 2012 – Following on from their article "Legal Professional Privilege: An In-house Perspective", the authors look at the professional and ethical responsibilities that face in-house lawyers.
Ethical Obligations - Doing what is Right Mar 1, 2012 – In this edition of the Bulletin, Bill Ericson and Mark Livesey QC provide insight into the obligations of solicitors with respect to costs and engaging counsel.
The Payment of Barristers’ Fees Feb 6, 2012 – Many practitioners recall a time when the obligation of an instructing solicitors to make payment of barristers' fees was stringently observed.
Barristers’ Fee Disclosure Practises Jun 6, 2012 – Mark Livesey's recent Bulletin article (February 2012) on the obligation of solicitors to meet the fees of barristers engaged, properly identified how a failure to meet that obligation can undermine the easy and important relationship usually enjoyed
Payment of Third Party Fees Dec 30, 2011 – The non-payment by solicitors of fees to "third parties" such as counsel, medical and other experts, risk assessors and process servers is of growing concern.
New Rules on Written Submissions in the Full Court and Court of Criminal Appeal Mar 1, 2018 – In my early days of practice, counsel would produce a skeleton argument to assist in the conduct of an appeal or application. Generally, a skeleton tended to be a statement of the propositions intended to be advanced and which, if accepted, wou
Time Costing v Scale Fees Jun 15, 2009 – In a lead article in the Australian Financial Review of 20 March 2009, the general counsel and company secretary of Ramsay Health Care was quoted as saying: "Hourly billing does not encourage excellence, strategic thinking or ingenuity. On the contra
Submissions Sep 24, 2015 – View all Law Society Submissions. To represent the interests of members and the wider community, the Law Society actively seeks to influence policy and legislation through submissions to government, opposition parties, the courts and other bodies eit
The new Uniform Civil Court Rules explained Apr 30, 2023 –
Practice Management Directory Nov 14, 2019 – Links and resources for commencing and managing your practice

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