• The written agreement on client practitioner interaction
• Maintaining a professional relationship with the client
• Some red flags to watch – recognizing the manipulative, needy client
• Managing toxic or aggressive behaviour
• Key management strategies:

• Managing communication and response expectations
• Explain difference between urgent and non-urgent
• Setting a precedent to reinforce boundaries
• Being selective on clients

• Managing client expectation where client exhibits excessive list of wants
• Knowing when to ‘pull the plug’ on the client

Paul Fildes, Principal, Accredited Family Law Specialist, Taussig Cherrie Fildes Lawyers, Melbourne, Vic

Paul Fildes is an Accredited Family Law Specialist and has been practising in family law since 1983. He has been ranked as one of only nine lawyers in Australia and one of only five in Melbourne as Preeminent by Doyle's Guide in 2020 and 2021.

Paul Fildes was previously the head of Middletons’ Family Law Practice Group (now K&L Gates), which he merged with Taussig Cherrie & Associates in 2010, to become Taussig Cherrie Fildes. Taussig Cherrie Fildes is one of only seven family law firms in Australia and one of only five in Victoria ranked as "First Tier" in the Doyle's Guide to Leading Family & Divorce Law Firms 2021.

Paul specialises in large scale family law property litigation, complex Financial Agreements, de facto property cases and restructuring family property in a tax effective manner.

This webinar is suitable for lawyers practising in family law - Australia wide.

Lawyers can claim 1 CPD unit – Practice Management & Business Skills.

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