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Professional Conduct (Ethics) — Priestley subject guide & AU casebook map | caselaw · AU

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Professional Conduct (Ethics)

Solicitors' and barristers' conduct rules, candour, confidentiality, conflicts, costs disclosure, trust accounting.

Dominant casebooks

Inside Lawyers' Ethics — Parker & Evans · Cambridge University Press (3rd)dominant
Ethics in Law: Lawyers' Responsibility and Accountability — Y Ross · LexisNexis (7th)

Briefed authorities

Attwells v Jackson Lalic Lawyers Pty Ltd Attwells v Jackson Lalic Lawyers Pty Ltd (2016) 259 CLR 1
Advocate's immunity narrowed — does not extend to negligent advice ending in consent orders.
D'Orta-Ekenaike v Victoria Legal Aid D'Orta-Ekenaike v Victoria Legal Aid (2005) 223 CLR 1
Advocate's immunity reaffirmed for in-court conduct intimately connected to litigation.
Spincode Pty Ltd v Look Software Pty Ltd Spincode Pty Ltd v Look Software Pty Ltd (2001) 4 VR 501
Successive representation — duty of loyalty to former clients.
Kyle v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee Kyle v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1999) 21 WAR 56
Solicitor candour and integrity — strike-off for serious dishonesty.

Briefs follow the Australian Guide to Legal Citation 4th ed. Source judgments via AustLII. Browse the full AU case library for every briefed authority across Priestley 11.

Dietrich v The Queen Dietrich v The Queen (1992) 177 CLR 292

Right to fair trial — court may stay prosecution where accused unrepresented.

Mickelberg v The Queen Mickelberg v The Queen (1989) 167 CLR 259

Prosecutorial duty — fairness to accused requires disclosure of relevant material.

Giannarelli v Wraith Giannarelli v Wraith (1988) 165 CLR 543

Barristers' immunity from suit — public-policy basis (later qualified).

Ziems v The Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales Ziems v The Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (1957) 97 CLR 279

Fitness to practise — disqualification standard for criminal conviction.

Tuckiar v The King Tuckiar v The King (1934) 52 CLR 335

Counsel's duty to client and court — disclosure must respect privilege.