Serving Two Masters - Conflicts of Interest in the Modern Law Firm

Zusatztext This is a timely work, which should do much to inform the debate within the profession as to the applicability of the law, and the profession's own rules, to the linked issues of client confidentiality and conflict of interest in the modern legal world. Informationen zum Autor Janine Griffiths-Baker is a Lecturer in the Law Department, University of Bristol. Klappentext Based on extensive interviews with lawyers and their clients! this book provides the first thorough consideration of how conflicts of interest are handled within law firms. Zusammenfassung Based on interviews with lawyers and their clients, this book considers how conflicts of interest are handled within law firms. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. INTRODUCTION2. THE REGULATORY REGIME3. THE MODERN FIDUCIARY: CONFLICTS IN OTHER PROFESSIONS4. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE5. DISCOVERING CONFLICTS: PROCEDURES AND DILEMMAS6. THE DECISION WHETHER TO ACT: PROCEDURES AND INTERESTS7. ACTING IN THE FACE OF CONFLICT8. CONCLUSION

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• Authors: Janine Griffiths-Baker, Janine E Griffiths-Baker, Janine E. Griffiths-Baker
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.11.2002
• EAN: 9781841132297
• ISBN: 978-1-84113-229-7
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; England, Wales, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, LAW / Commercial / General, LAW / Legal Profession, Commercial law, Business ethics & social responsibility, Business ethics and social responsibility, Legal profession: general, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Legal profession / practice of law: general, Wales / Cymru