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Unethical Stories: spilling the beans on the worst ethical decisions made by other solicitors
Monday, 9 March 2020Mena Ruparel, co-author of our forthcoming book So You Think You’re an Ethical Solicitor: The new SRA standradsa and regulations in action, has launched a new podcast – Unethical Stories – in which she speaks to lawyers about daily ethical decision-making in practice.
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Is the fear of clinical negligence litigation overblown?
Wednesday, 2 October 2019Many headline-grabbing claims are made about clinical negligence litigation. For every story that a growing compensation culture is bleeding the NHS dry, there is another suggesting that healthcare professionals have acted with callous indifference to their patients.
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The art of being honestly dishonest
Thursday, 21 February 2019The concept of dishonesty within the legal profession has always struck me as particularly inflexible. This is not without good reason, as it is a foundation of our profession that no solicitor should ever act dishonestly.
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The ethics of lawtech
Monday, 1 October 2018The ethical conundrums of lawtech are many, sprouting mostly from its complexity. One of the central tenants of justice has always been that the way in which it is arrived at must be transparent. This can be difficult with lawtech.
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Pension loss on termination of employment
Friday, 24 August 2018Bath Publishing have published the 2018/19 edition of the Employment Tribunal Remedies Handbook
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Zero-hours contracts
Friday, 20 July 2018Bath Publishing have recently published the 2018/19 edition of the Employment Tribunal Remedies Handbook
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Ethics for Law Firms: A refresher for practitioners & law firm employees
Tuesday, 19 December 2017Ethical practice is central to the work of all lawyers. Without a high standard of integrity our clients and the wider public will lose trust in the profession.
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The ethics of the SRA’s social media warning notice
Friday, 15 September 2017Social media portals are regularly used by firms and those who work for law firms in both professional and personal capacities. Their informal nature and the fast pace of use makes it all too easy for regulated people to get carried away with online discussions or comments which can fall foul of the regulator. This is more likely to happen on social media platforms as these are virtual, accessed in the solicitor’s own time and space. It can be easy to forget that solicitors are regulated just the same at 11pm on their home computer as they are at 3pm in the office or at court.
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How to be an Ethical Solicitor: innovative book plus course just published
Monday, 5 June 2017Bath Publishing have, over the past 10 years, carved out a reputation for innovation in legal publishing as an early pioneer of online publishing and training. Our latest publication continues that tradition. How to be an Ethical Solicitor is a book that doubles up as a reference and a source for an accompanying online course.
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How to be an Ethical Solicitor
Tuesday, 2 May 2017The SRA code of conduct requires all practitioners to “always have regard to the Principles and use them as your starting point when faced with an ethical dilemma” yet there is precious little practical guidance as to how to implement an ethical process when dealing with compliance problems.
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