LLB103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Fiduciary
Document Summary
Principles and values which, along with conduct rules and common law, regulate a lawyer"s behaviour" (qls website). Professional guidance as to what is right and wrong in the conduct of daily practice. A reason for the public to trust the integrity of our work and of the legal system. A quality benchmark through an enforceable regulatory system. The discrepancy between public opinion and legal professional realty. The daily stresses and rigours we face as lawyers in ensuring that our professional conduct is ethical are not readily recognised. The mismatch between the way we view ourselves as an ethical profession, and the the profession, can have negative implications for society"s view of development of a positive professional legal identity. Sources of lawyers" ethical obligations the legal profession acts. Extrinsic sources such as the australian solicitors conduct rules (ascr) and. Common law as found, for example, in disciplinary hearings. Intrinsic sources including personal values and principles of honesty, courtesy, loyalty and competence.
