Recorded Webinar: Ethics for NSW Criminal Lawyers - Update in Criminal Law Practice

Practitioners should be constantly on guard for ethics risks in their criminal law practice. The session looks at some key areas and how best to handle them including:

• When an error of law or fact arises in proceedings favoring the defense

• Ethics in Legal Professional and Solicitor Client Privilege

• Ethics issues in advising client on guilty plea when they wish to plead not guilty

• What to do when Solicitor and client disagree on conduct of the defense

• Conflicts when acting for co-accused

• Duty to represent client to the best of their ability

• When the practitioner believes perjury has a will be committed

• Ethical issues when client not fit to give instructions

• Case study – ethical lessons from the Lawyer X case