Recorded Webinar: Ethical Standards and Behaviour for Criminal Lawyers (ethics)

Mistakes are inevitable in practice. When they occur, they immediately create a plethora of ethics issues, including what to tell the client and whether efforts to fix the mistake may transgress ethical boundaries. This session looks at the key issues from an ethics perspective, including:

• The mistake has been made – what next?
• Managing the divide between error prevention and error management in legal practice
• Ethics obligations on practitioners when a mistake has been made
• Is it worthwhile to make a distinction between honest mistakes and everything else?
• Gaining perspective on what has actually happened – seeking objective review
• Turning mistakes into opportunities for learning and development
• Avoiding the temptation for a quick fix – why this is important from an ethics perspective
• Developing strong policy guidelines to address the issue going forward
• Conducting a mistake audit on your systems and processes