The New Legal Profession Uniform Law: Core Competency Areas
With the Legal Profession Uniform Law expected to commence in the new future, now is the time to prepare for the new and changed duties and obligations that will come into effect under the new regime. Join members from the Legal Practice Board of WA and the Law Society of WA’s Costs Committee to examine ethical issues under the new Uniform Law, explore critical trust account and records keeping considerations, and then how the new rules may impact costs for your practice. 223W04
Description
Attend and earn 3 CPD points including:
1 point in Competency Area 1: Practice Management
1 point in Competency Area 2: Professional Skills
1 point in Competency Area 3: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
This program is based on WA legislation
Chair: Craig Slater, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers; Member, Ethics Committee and Professional Standards Scheme Committee, and Convenor, Quality Practice Standard Committee, Law Society of WA
Competency Area 3: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
2.00pm to 3.00pm A Crash Course on the New Uniform Law and Ethical Issues
- Overview of the changes practitioners need to be aware of
- What you need to do to ensure your practice is compliant
- Update on other recent ethical considerations and complaints against lawyers
Presented by Sabina Schlink, Principal, Thomas Legal; Board Member & Deputy Chair, Legal Practice Board of Western Australia
Competency Area 2: Professional Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm Trust Accounts: Liability, Obligations, Record Keeping & Practical Case Studies
- How to manage your obligations and responsibilities with respect to trust money
- What trust accounting records must be established when receiving trust money by a law practice?
- What to look out for when reviewing the trust accounting records
- Practical case studies
- Examples of cases where the legal practitioner was held responsible
- What should have been the process?
- What actually happened?
- The consequences of each case for the law practice, the legal practitioner and staff
Presented by Stephen Ramsay, Trust Account Inspector, Legal Practice Board of Western Australia
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
Competency Area 1: Practice Management
4.15pm to 5.15pm Costs and Your Practice under the Proposed Legal Profession Uniform Law
- Background to the Uniform Legal Profession laws, from a national perspective
- Major changes & issues in relation to costs and how they will impact your practice
- The importance of valid costs agreements and good disclosure
- Solicitor and client costs: How to avoid and deal with solicitor and client costs issues
- Costs disclosure
- Costs agreements
- Billing
- Assessing solicitor and client costs
Presented by Maria-Luisa Coulson, Managing Director, Coulson Legal; Chair, Costs Committee, Law Society of WA; member, Professional Affairs Committee and Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee, Legal Practice Board of WA
Venue
Parmelia Hilton
Level 1, Meeting Room, 14 Mill Street
Perth 6000
WA
Australia
Directions
Nearby Public Transport:
Train Stations - The Esplanade Station
Bus Interchange - St Georges Terrace Cloisters Green
Parking information
Parmilia Hilton - Valet Parking only - Click here to view rates.
Convention Centre - 100 metres from Parmelia Hilton. Click here to view rates.