Legal Professional Privilege and Managing Conflicting Duties
Understand what is meant by Legal Professional Privilege and when does it apply. Learn when and under which situations privilege be waived. Gain the required tips on maintaining privilege and protect yourself from unwanted liability. WEB2211N51IZ
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Legal Professional Privilege and Managing Conflicting Duties
- What is LPP? Why does it exist?
- Challenges for In-House lawyers1
- How LPP may be lost and how to prevent this from happening
- Strategies to achieve the right balance
Presented by Tony de Govrik, General Counsel and Company Secretary, Probus South Pacific Limited
Presenters
Tony de Govrik
Tony de Govrik is a senior corporate lawyer with over 35 years post admission practical experience in the areas of companies and securities industry law, regulation of the securities industry, commercial law, corporate governance and company secretarial practice. This includes 19 years employment with the Australian Stock Exchange ("ASX") in various positions - the last of which was Manager of the Legal Department and Group Company Secretary. During his employment with ASX he was seconded for 2 years to the London Stock Exchange to gain international experience. Tony has spoken regularly in Australia and overseas on corporate and securities industry law, corporate governance issues, legal compliance and professional ethics including at the inaugural Corporate Counsel World Summit in Vancouver, Canada in 2009. Post ASX Tony has been contracted to a number of listed public companies in the role of Corporate Counsel and Company Secretary. He has also had a lengthy involvement with the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association ("ACLA") - a professional association for in-house legal counsel - where he acted for over 13 years in various capacities including as National President (for 3 years), General Counsel, Company Secretary and Director of Legal Affairs & Communications. Tony now acts as a consultant to in-house legal departments and as an adjunct lecturer in the Masters of Applied Law Program (In-house Practice) at the College of Law. For 2 years Tony wrote a monthly column for Australasian Legal Business (ALB) magazine on issues of particular interest to the in-house legal profession in Australia. For over 12 years he was also the editor of ACLA's journal, The Australian Corporate Lawyer. Tony is a former Law Society Councillor and an Honorary Life Member of ACLA (now ACC Australia).