The ethics and conduct of lawyers in England and Wales:
Self regulation and high ethical standards are supposed to be the defining characteristics of the legal profession, yet they are under attack from the state and the public. This book examines the ethics and conduct of the UK legal profession
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adam_text | Contents
Preface.......................................................................yii
Acknowledgements..............................................................lx
Table of Cases................................................................xxv
Table of UK Legislation....................................................xxxiii
Table of European Union Legislation...........................................xli
Table of International Instruments...........................................xlii
Table of Secondary Legislation and QuasUStatutory Codes.....................xliii
Part I: Professional Ethics
Chapter One: Ideals
I. Introduction..............................................................3
II. Professional Ethics and Conduct......................................3
A. Professions.........................................................4
B. Professional Values.................................................4
C. Professional Virtues................................................6
D. Conduct.............................................................7
III. Systems and Roles.........................................................7
A. Professional Roles..................................................7
B. The Rule of Law.....................................................8
C. The Common Law and Adversarial System..............................10
IV. The Judicial Role.......................................................11
A. Judges.............................................................11
B. The Judicial Role................................................ 12
C. Judicial Ethics....................................................17
V. The Lawyer’s Role........................................................23
A. Lawyers and the Rule of Law........................................23
B. The Standard Conception of the Lawyer’s Role..................... 23
C. The Critique of the Standard Conception............................26
D. Alternatives to the Standard Conception............................27
E. How Far is the Standard Conception Relevant to England and Wales?.28
E Defence of the Standard Conception of Lawyers’ Role................30
G. Limiting Partisanship..............................................31
H. Is a Professional Role for Lawyers Justified?......................32
VI. Conclusion..............................................................33
Chapter Two: Culture
I. Introduction............................................................35
II. Theories of Culture......................................................36
A. Definition....................................................... 36
B. Occupational Culture...............................................36
C. Legal Culture......................................................37
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III. Early History of Lawyers 1300-1700 ................................ 38
A. Work.............................................................39
B. Regulation.......................................................41
C. Community........................................................42
D. Ethics......................................................... 45
E. Ethos.......................................................... 46
IV. The Modern Era 1700-1969.............................................47
A. Context..........................................................47
B. Community........................................................48
C. Work.............................................................50
D. Ethos.......................................................... 53
V. Legal Professional Culture...........................................56
A. Identity....................................................... 56
B. Communities......................................................58
C. Values...........................................................61
VI. Pressures on Legal Professional Culture since 1970...................63
A. Trends....................................................... 63
B. Impacts..........................................................65
C. The Market for Legal Services....................................69
D. The Legal System.................................................73
VII. Conclusion...........................................................75
Chapter Three: Power
I. Introduction....................................................... 77
II. Theories of Professional Power.......................................78
A, Professionalism and Alternatives............................... 78
B. Professionalism and Ethics.......................................80
III. Legal Professionalism in the Late-Modern Period 1970-2007............81
A. Context..........................................................81
B. Community........................................................83
C. Work........................................................... 83
D. Regulation.......................................................90
E. Independence.....................................................91
IV. The Legal Services Act 2007..........................................91
A. Context........................................................ 91
B. Main Provisions................................................ 93
V. A Future for Professionalism?.......................................94
A. Predicting Changes in Key Elements of Professionalism............94
B. Neo-professionalism?............................................102
VI. Conclusion........................................................ 104
Chapter Four: Organisation
I. Introduction........................................................105
II. The Legal Services Market...........................................106
III. Traditional Organisation of Legal Practice..........................107
A. The Monopolies of Solicitors and Barristers.....................107
B. Professional Status.............................................108
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IV. Practitioners..........................................................108
A. Barristers.........................................................109
B. Solicitors....................................................... 113
C. Legal Executives...................................................121
D. Licensed Conveyancers..............................................121
E. Patent Attorneys...................................................121
F. Trade Mark Attorneys...............................................122
G. Law Costs Draftsmen................................................122
H. Notaries...........................................................122
I. European and Foreign Lawyers.......................................122
J. Unauthorised Persons...............................................123
V. The Legal Services Act 2007..............................................124
A. Background to the Act..............................................124
B. Major Changes Introduced by the Act................................126
VI. Impact of the Legal Services Act 2007 on the Legal Services
Market................................................................128
A. Legal Disciplinary Practices.......................................128
B. Alternative Business Structures....................................129
C. Professional Monopolies and Competition............................131
D. Regulation.........................................................133
VII. Conclusion...............................................................133
Part II: Professional Structures
Chapter Five: Governance
I. Introduction...........................................................137
II. Principles of Governance...............................................138
A. Principles.........................................................138
III. Governance of Legal Professions before the Legal Services
Act 2007...............................................................140
A. Barristers.........................................................140
B. Solicitors.........................................................140
IV. Development of the Codes of Conduct....................................143
A. Solicitors’ Codes of Conduct.....................................144
B. Barristers’ Codes of Conduct.......................................147
V. The dementi Proposals..................................................149
VI. The Legal Services Act 2007 and Professional Governance: Oversight,
Representation and Regulation..........................................149
VII. Oversight: The Legal Services Board....................................150
A. Constitution.......................................................150
B. Duties of the Legal Services Board.................................150
C. Functions of the Legal Services Board..............................151
D. Powers of the Legal Services Board.................................153
VIII. Representation: Approved Regulators......................................154
A. Solicitors.........................................................155
B. Barristers.........................................................157
C. Others.............................................................158
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IX. Regulation: Independent Regulatory Bodies............................159
A. Regulatory Functions............................................159
B. Regulatory Objectives...........................................160
C. Regulatory Powers...............................................160
X. Regulatory Structures of Approved Regulators.........................161
A. The Solicitors Regulatory Authority.............................161
B. The Bar Standards Board.........................................164
XI. Professional Bodies in the New Regulatory Framework..................166
A. Control.........................................................166
B. Reconciliation..................................................168
C. Facilitation....................................................168
D. Participation................................................. 168
E. Representation..................................................169
XII. The Future of Professional Bodies ...................................170
XIII. Conclusion...........................................................170
Chapter Six: Education
I. Introduction.........................................................171
II. Historical Context................................................. 172
A. Origins of Legal Education......................................172
B. The Vocational Stage............................................172
C. University Legal Education.................................... 174
III. Current Education and Training Requirements..........................175
A. The Partnership Model...........................................175
B. The Initial Stage ..............................................176
C. The Vocational Stage............................................177
D. The Training Stage..............................................178
IV. Reforming Legal Education and Training from an Ethical Viewpoint.....178
A. A Critique of the Present System ............................. 178
B. Designing Legal Ethics Courses..................................182
V. Stakeholders and their Interests.....................................191
A. The Academy.....................................................192
B. Government......................................................192
C. Students........................................................193
D. The Legal Professions...........................,...............196
VI. Official Reports on Legal Education and Tt aining....................196
A. The Ormrod Report............................................. 197
B. The Benson Report...............................................197
C. The Marre Report ...............................................198
D. Reports of the Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee for
Education and Conduct (ACLEC)................................. 198
E. Reviews by Professional Bodies .................................199
VII. Legal Education and Training Review..................................204
A. Context....................................................... 204
B. The LETR Report.................................................205
VIII. The Future of Ethics in Legal Education and Training.................207
IX. Conclusion......................................................... 210
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Chapter Seven: Regulation
I. Introduction.........................................................212
II. Regulatory System before the Legal Services Act 2007.................213
A. Courts...........................................................213
B. The Professional Code of Conduct.................................214
C. Legal Services Ombudsman.........................................217
D. Complaints.......................................................218
E. Intervention.....................................................223
III. Insurance............................................................225
A. Solicitors.......................................................225
B. Barristers.......................................................228
IV. Regulatory Infrastructure of the Legal Services Act 2007 ............229
A. Background ......................................................229
B. Legislative Infrastructure.......................................229
V. Wider Impact of the Legal Services Act on Regulation: Outcomes
Focused Regulation...................................................234
A. Background.......................................................234
B. The Politics of OFR .............................................234
C. Implementation of OFR: The New Regulatory System.................239
VI. Advantages and Disadvantages of Outcomes Focused Regulation..........242
A. Potential Advantages of OFR......................................242
B. Potential Disadvantages of OFR...................................245
C. The Code of Conduct..............................................246
VII. The Bar..............................................................247
A. The Scope of Regulation..........................................247
B. Regulatory Strategy .............................................248
C. Bar Standards Board Handbook 2014 .............................. 249
VIII. The Future...........................................................251
IX. Conclusion...........................................................253
Chapter Eight: Discipline
I. Introduction.........................................................254
II. Theories of Professional Discipline................................ 255
A. Causes of Disciplinary Infractions...............................255
B. Offenders........................................................255
C. Organisations....................................................258
D. The Regulatory Environment.......................................259
HI. The Functions of Discipline..........................................261
A. Protection.......................................................261
B. Exclusion........................................................261
C. Compliance.......................................................262
D. Deterrence.......................................................262
IV. Detection, Investigation and Preparation.............................264
A. Detection........................................................264
B. Investigation....................................................264
C. Preparation......................................................265
V. Pre-qualification Disciplinary Processes.............................265
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VI. Disciplinary Tribunals and Related Processes......................... 265
A. The Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal..............................266
B. Alternatives to Disciplinary Proceedings...........................273
C. The Bar Disciplinary Tribunal......................................276
D. Alternative and Complementary Routes to the Bar Disciplinary
Tribunal ........................................................ 280
E. Planned Adjustments to Bar Disciplinary Processes..................283
VII. Rehabilitation.........................................................283
A. Solicitors.........................................................283
B. Barristers.........................................................284
VIII. Disciplinary Processes and Regulatory Sanctions........................285
A. Rules and Principles ..............................................285
B. The Burden of Proof in Applying ‘Regulatory5 and ‘Disciplinary5
Sanctions .........................................................287
C. Erosion of Distinctions between Disciplinary Charges...............289
D. Levels of Fine between ‘Regulated Persons5 and ABS.................290
E. Forum Shopping.....................................................290
F. Use of Regulatory Sanctions........................................291
IX. The Future of Professional Discipline..................................291
X. Conclusion.............................................................292
Part III: Clients
Chapter Nine: Loyalty
I. Introduction..........................................................295
II. Loyalty to Clients....................................................296
III. The Lawyer and Client Relationship at Common Law......................296
IV. Legal Basis of the Lawyer-Client Relationship.........................297
A. Three Prospective Legal Bases for the Lawyer and Client
Relationship......................................................297
B. Unique Legal Basis of Lawyer and Client Relationship .............299
V. Control of the Lawyer and Client Relationship ........................300
A. Implications of the Legal Basis of the Lawyer and Client
Relationship......................................................300
B. Theoretical Models................................................300
C. Decision-making in the Model Relationships .......................304
VI. Model Lawyer and Client Relationships in Practice ....................306
A. The Complexity of Practice Settings...............................306
B. The Implications of Complexity for the Lawyer and Client
Relationship.................................................... 309
VII. Models of the Lawyer and Client Relationship Reflected in the
Courts, Legal Education and the Legal Services Act 2007..............309
A. The Courts...................................................... 309
B. The Lawyer and Client Relationship in Legal Education and
Training..........................................................310
C. Professional Principles of the LSA 2007......................... 310
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VIII. Models of the Lawyer and Client Relationship Reflected in
Professional Regulation..............................................311
A. Clients in the Codes............................................311
B. Solicitors......................................................311
C. Barristers.................................................... 316
D. Evaluation of the Lawyer and Client Relationship Revealed
in the Codes of Conduct.........................................321
IX. The Limits of Loyalty...............................................322
A. Codes of Conduct................................................322
B. The American Bar Association....................................322
C. The Lawyer and Client Relationship in England and Wales.........325
D. Comparing the Position of Clients under the ABA Model
Code and the Codes in England and Wales.........................327
X. Representing Clients to the Press....................................328
A. Context....................................................... 328
B. A Brief History of Controls.....................................329
C. The New Codes ..................................................331
XI. Ceasing to Act..................................................... 331
A. Background.................................................. 331
B. Ceasing to Act under the New Codes..............................332
XII. Conclusion...........................................................333
Chapter Ten: Confidences
I. Introduction.........................................................334
II. Lawyer and Client Confidences at Common Law..........................335
A. Context....................................................... 335
B. The Right to Confidentiality of Former Clients.........335
C. Controlling Information: Walls, Barriers and Ethical Screens ...336
D. Bolkiah v KPMG: The Unqualified Importance
of Confidentiality..............................................337
E. The Interpretation and Application of Bolkiah...................337
III. Legal Professional Privilege.........................................339
A. Basis in Common Law and Statute.................................339
B. Communications between a Lawyer and his Client
(Legal Advice Privilege)........................................340
C. Litigation Privilege.......................................... 346
IV. Exceptions to Legal Advice Privilege.................................347
A. Furthering a Criminal Purpose................................. 347
B. Items Held with the Intention of Furthering a Criminal
Purpose..................................................... 349
C. Statutory Exceptions.......................................... 351
D. Items Required by the Relevant Regulator .......................351
E. ‘Severable’ Documents...........................................352
V. Exceptions to Litigation Privilege...................................352
A. Freedom of Information .........................................352
B. Children Act 1989 ............................................ 353
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C. Waiver of Litigation Privilege.....................................356
D. Waiver by Operation of Law ........................................358
VI. Solicitors and Confidentiality..........................................358
A. A Brief History of Regulating Confidentiality .....................358
B. Confidentiality in the SRA Handbook and Code
of Conduct.........................................................363
VII. Exceptions to Solicitors’ Duty of Confidentiality.......................365
A. Requirement to Break Confidence ...................................365
B. Permission to Break Confidence.....................................367
C. Client Litigation against Solicitors...............................372
VIII. Barristers and Confidentiality..........................................373
A. Bar Code of Conduct 1981, as Amended...............................373
B. The Code of Conduct of the Bar of England and
Wales 2014.........................................................373
IX. Conclusion..............................................................374
Chapter Eleven: Conflicts of Interest
I. Introduction............................................................376
II. Foundation..............................................................376
III. The Nature of Interests...............................................377
A. Material and Personal Interests.................................. 377
B. Moral Interests....................................................378
IV. The Nature of Conflicts.................................................378
A. Situations.........................................................378
B. Torn Loyalties.....................................................379
C. Material Conflicts.................................................379
V. The Common Law Position.................................................379
A. Conflict between the Lawyer’s Interest and those of one or
more Clients (Own Interest Conflicts)..............................380
B. Conflicts of Interest between Simultaneous Clients.................380
C. Transactions.......................................................384
D. Conflict of Interests between Past and Present Clients in Different
Matters............................................................387
E. Conflict of Interests between Past and Present Clients in the
Same or Related Matter ............................................388
VI. Creating Conflict of Interest Rules.....................................389
VII. Brief History of Regulating Solicitors’ Conflicts of Interest...........390
A. Solicitors’ Practice Rules 1990....................................390
B. The Solicitors’ Code of Conduct 2007...............................392
VIII. The SRA Handbook 2011, as Amended.....................................396
A. Relevant Principles................................................396
B. Solicitor and Client Conflicts (‘Own Interest Conflicts’)..........396
C. Client Conflicts...................................................397
IX. Potential Conflict of Interest Situations and the Codes.................400
A. Litigation ........................................................400
B. Acting for Organisations...........................................401
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C. Conveyancing ...................................................401
D. Family Situations................................................405
E. Class Actions....................................................408
F. Past and Present Clients.........................................408
X. Barristers’ Conflicts of Interest.....................................409
XI. The Future for Conflicts of Interest.................................410
XII. Conclusion............................................................411
Chapter Twelve: Fees
I. Introduction..........................................................413
II. Fees and Costs..........................................................414
III. Traditional Basis of Charging Fees...................................415
A. Solicitors.......................................................415
B. Barristers ......................................................416
IV. Controlling Fees and Costs............................................416
A. The Basic System.................................................417
B. Control by Courts................................................419
C. Control by Clients and Funders...................................422
D. Regulation.......................................................424
V. Contingency Fees......................................................425
A. Context..........................................................425
B. Public Policy against Stirring up Litigation.....................425
C. Conditional Fee Agreements.......................................428
D. Damages-based Agreements.........................................435
E. Regulation..................................................... 437
F. Impact of Funding Arrangements...................................437
VI. Speculative Fees and Pro Bono Publico................................438
A. Speculative Fees.................................................438
B. Pro Bono Publico.................................................439
VII. Conduct on Fees and Costs.............................................441
A. A Brief History of Rules on Fees and Costs.......................441
B. Fees under Outcomes Focused Regulation...........................442
VIII. Third Party Receipts and Payments.....................................443
A. Commissions......................................................443
B. Referral Fees.................................................. 444
IX. Looking after Client Funds............................................450
A. The Solicitors’ Accounts Rules ..................................450
B. The Basic Accounting System......................................450
C. Compliance ......................................................451
D. Interest on Client Accounts......................................451
X. Recovering from Clients...............................................453
A. Transfer of Fees.................................................453
B. Suing for Fees...................................................453
C. The Solicitor’s Lien.............................................454
XI. Conclusion............................................................455
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Part IV: Wider Obligations
Chapter Thirteen: Individual Third Parties
I. Introduction.......................................................... 459
II. Obligations to Prospective Clients......................................460
A. Supporting Free Choice of Lawyer...................................460
B. Barristers.........................................................460
C. Solicitors.........................................................461
D. The SR A Handbook................................................ 462
E. Refusing to Represent............................................ 463
III. The Future of Obligations to Prospective Clients........................465
IV. Obligations to Identified Third Parties.................................466
V. Legal Responsibilities to Lay Third Parties.............................466
A. Specific Causes of Action and Remedies.............................466
B. General Obligation of Fairness................................... 473
VI. Regulation of Relationships with Lay Third Parties......................477
A. Barristers.........................................................477
B. Solicitors.........................................................478
VII. Legal Responsibility to Professional Third Parties......................481
A. Common Law....................................................... 481
VIII. Regulation of Relationship between Professional Third Parties...........482
A. Solicitors.........................................................482
B. Relationships with Barristers......................................486
IX. Responsibilities to Private Third Party Funders.........................487
A. Private Funders....................................................487
B. Insurance Companies................................................488
C. Regulatory Responsibilities to Private Third Party Funders.........491
D. Regulatory Responsibilities of Private Third Party Funders.........492
X. Responsibilities to Legal Aid Authorities............................. 492
A. Solicitors.........................................................492
B. Barristers.........................................................495
XI. Conclusion..............................................................496
Chapter Fourteen: Collective Third Parties
I. Introduction............................................................497
II. Duties to the Profession.............................................. 498
A. Restrictions on Attracting Potential Clients.......................498
B. Responsibilities to Consumers......................................498
C. Regulation of Consumer Contact ....................................499
D. Bringing the Profession into Disrepute.............................502
III. Mandatory Obligations to the State......................................504
A. Duty to the Court..................................................504
B. Reporting on the Use and Laundering of Proceeds of Crime...........504
C. Preventing Terrorism...............................................511
D. Disclosing Details of Tax Avoidance Schemes........................514
IV. Obligations to the State Accepted as a Condition of Performing
Work................................................................. 515
A. Special Advocacy...................................................515
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V. Duties to the Public at Large.........................................517
A. Context..........................................................517
B. Regulation..................................................... 518
C. Financial Risks................................................ 518
D. The Environment..................................................532
VI. The Future for an Expanded Concept of Responsibility to Collective
Third Parties .................................................... 533
VII. Conclusion............................................................534
Chapter Fifteen: Service
I. Introduction..........................................................536
II. Different Conceptions of Public Service............................. 537
A. Public Service...................................................537
B. Social Service...................................................538
C. Statutory Definition ............................................539
III. A Theory of Pro Bono..................................................540
IV. History of the Provision of Free Legal Services until 1990............540
A. Origin of Free Legal Services....................................540
B. The Poor Persons’ Procedure......................................541
C. The Growth of the Advice Sector............................... 543
D. The Decline of Legal Aid since the 1990s.........................544
V. Development of Free Legal Services and
Infrastructure since 1990.............................................545
A. Pressure on the Legal Profession to do more Free Work............545
B. The Law Society’s Pro Bono Working Party.........................545
C. The Solicitors’ Pro Bono Group ................................ 546
D. Law Student Pro Bono.............................................548
E. The Law Society’s Engagement with Pro Bono ......................548
F The Bar...........................................................550
G. The Attorney General’s Pro Bono Co-ordinating Committee .........553
H. The National Pro Bono Centre.....................................554
I. Legal Executives................................................555
J. International Pro Bono Activity..................................555
K. Summary........................................................ 556
VI. The Value of Pro Bono Publico........................................557
A. Solicitors .................................................... 557
B. Barristers.......................................................559
C. CILEx.......................................................... 560
VII. Interests and Motivations............................................560
A. Context..........................................................560
B. Globalisation and the Contracting State .........................561
C. Firms............................................................562
D. Lawyers..........................................................566
E. Professional Bodies..............................................568
F. Mixed Interests, Mixed Motivations...............................570
VIII. Regulation of Pro Bono...............................................571
IX. The Future of the Service Ideal......................................571
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A. Pro Bono as Service...............................................571
B. Mandatory Pro Bono................................................572
C. The Legal Services Market.........................................572
D. The Strategic View.............................................. 573
X. Conclusion........................................................... 574
Chapter Sixteen: Employment
I. Introduction...........................................................575
II. Solicitors’ Employment Pre-qualification...............................576
A. Articles of Clerkship.............................................576
B. The Training Contract.............................................576
C. Barriers to Entry .......................................... ..577
D. Quality of Training Experience.................................. 581
E. Reform of Training................................................582
III. Post-qualification Practice of Solicitors..............................586
A. Workplace Regulation of Solicitors before the
Legal Services Act 2007...........................................586
B. Regulation of Solicitors’ Workplaces after the
Legal Services Act 2007......................................... 587
IV. Barristers............................................................597
A. Patterns of Employment............................................597
B. Organisation.................................................... 597
C. Obligations..................................................... 597
D. Pupillage.........................................................598
E. Post-qualification Practice.......................................604
F. Regulation...................................................... 607
V. Legal Executives.......................................................608
VI. Employed Lawyers..................................................... 608
A. Entry and Composition.............................................608
B. Function..........................................................609
C. Regulation...................................................... 609
VII. Conclusion.............................................................610
Part V: Dispute Resolution
Chapter Seventeen: Litigation
I. Introduction...........................................................613
II. Authorisation........................................................ 613
III. Conduct.............................................................. 615
A. Solicitors’ Conduct Rules for Litigation..........................615
B. Barristers’ Conduct Rules for Litigation..........................617
IV. Regulation of Litigation Lawyers by the Court........................ 618
A. Statutory Duty to Act with Independence in the
Interests of Justice..............................................620
B. Wasted Costs Orders...............................................621
V. Rules of Civil Litigation.............................................629
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A. Civil Procedure before the Woolf Reforms.......................629
B. The Woolf Reforms...............................................631
C. The Jackson Reforms.............................................635
VI. Criminal Litigation.................................................636
A. Context........................................................636
B. Criminal Procedure Rules........................................637
C. Agencies...................................................... 638
D. Ethical Considerations..........................................639
E. Regulation of Criminal Litigation ..............................646
VIL Conclusion..........................................................648
Chapter Eighteen: Negotiation
I. Introduction........................................................649
II. Theories of Negotiation.............................................650
A. Orientation ...................................................650
B. Problem Types...................................................651
C. Methods ...................................................... 651
D. The Ethics of Negotiation.......................................653
E. Potential Influences on Bargaining Culture......................656
III. Legal Negotiation in Practice.......................................658
A. Scope...........................................................658
B. Formality......................................................659
C. Process.........................................................659
IV. Criminal Practice................................................. 661
A. Context.........................................................661
B. Determining the Offences to be Charged..........................662
V. Regulation of Legal Negotiation and Settlement..................671
A. Education and Training..........................................671
B. Negotiation in Codes of Ethics..................................671
C. The Duty to Clients.............................................672
D. Treating the other Side Fairly..................................673
E. Solicitors’ Obligations to Third Parties in Negotiations........673
F. Barristers’ Obligations to Third Parties in Negotiations........678
VI. Future Regulatory Possibilities.....................................678
A. Orientation.....................................................678
B. Education and Training..........................................679
C. Conduct Rules ..................................................679
VII. Conclusion.........................................................680
Chapter Nineteen: Advocacy
I. Introduction........................................................681
II. The Obligations of Advocacy....................................... 682
III. The Advocate’s Duties...............................................684
A. Advocate’s Duty to the Court....................................684
B. Duties to Clients...............................................690
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C. Duties to the Administration of Justice........................694
D. Summary........................................................702
IV. Regulation..........................................................702
A. Education and Training.........................................702
B. Authorisation..................................................704
C. Conduct Rules..................................................708
D. Judicial Regulation............................................714
V. The Future of Advocacy..............................................716
VI. Conclusion..........................................................717
Chapter Twenty: Alternative Dispute Resolution
I. Introduction........................................................719
II. Defining Alternative Dispute Resolution.............................720
A. In what Way is ADR Alternative?................................721
B. Mediation......................................................722
III. ADR in England and Wales............................................725
A. A Brief History of the Use of ADR Processes
in England and Wales...........................................725
B. The Range of Private ADR Services..............................726
C. Public ADR.....................................................728
IV. Definition of ADR Responsibilities by the Courts....................732
A. Advice ........................................................732
B. Representative Responsibilities................................737
C. Responsibilities as Third Party Neutrals.......................738
D. Arbitration....................................................739
E. Mediation......................................................742
F. Conciliation...................................................745
V. Professional Regulation of ADR......................................745
A. The Legal Profession’s Early Engagement with Regulation
of ADR.........................................................745
B. The Need for Regulation........................................747
C. Education and Training.........................................748
D. Conduct........................................................750
VI. Future of ADR.......................................................755
VII. Conclusion..........................................................756
Index
757
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