Family Law Conference - Ethics, Professional Skills and Practice Management for Family Lawyers: Non-Disclosure and Professional Misconduct
OND233Q14B2
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Practical Legal Ethics
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
3.00pm to 4.00pm Non-Disclosure and Professional Misconduct
- Your Ethical responsibility and legal obligations when a client deliver suspicious documents or material
- Documents obtained ‘innocently’ by your client from the family home
- Documents to which the other spouse has an obligation to disclose
- Documents obtained from the other spouse’s inbox and mobile phone
- Complying with disclosure rules and the role of the lawyer in disclosure
- What if your client gets it wrong?
Presented by Alison Ross, Partner; Accredited Specialist in Family Law; Leading Family Lawyer (High-Value & Complex Property Matters) and Leading Family Lawyer (High-Value & Complex Property Matters), Doyle’s Guide 2022 and Stacey Percival, Senior Associate, Hopgood Ganim Lawyers
Presenters
Alison Ross
Alison Ross specialises in complex property matters and other financial matters arising from relationship breakdowns. She has worked exclusively in family law since 1996 and has extensive experience in both matrimonial and de facto relationship law. Alison's expertise includes advising on international family law matters, both financial matters and those relating to children, including relocation and child abduction. An Accredited Family Law Specialist, Alison is the immediate past Chair of the Queensland Law Society's Family Law Committee. She is a member of the Queensland Law Society Continuing Professional Development Committee. She is also a member of the Family Law Practitioners' Association, the Law Council of Australia's Family Law Section, the Child Protection Practitioners' Association of Queensland and Queensland Collaborative Law. Alison has been ranked a leading lawyer in Doyles Guide to Leading Family and Divorce Lawyers - Brisbane since 2012.
Stacey Percival
Stacey is a Senior Associate in the HopgoodGanim Family and Relationship Law practice and acts for families and private individuals in the preparation of financial agreements, negotiation of parenting, spousal maintenance, property settlements and litigation. Stacey has a particular interest in the treatment of complex entity structures on property settlement. Having previously worked in HopgoodGanim’s Private Enterprise practice, Stacey draws on her unique understanding of her clients’ complex businesses and structures in their family law matters.